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Mesoscale Discussion 1981

November 29, 20224 parishes in Louisiana; 14 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 29, 2022, 2:28 PM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana; 14 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 29, 2022, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2022, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 572

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 11:20 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin and 13 more	2 hr
Nov 29, 12:11 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula and 26 more	7 hr
Nov 29, 5:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant and 7 more	93 min
Nov 29, 10:56 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 5 more	2 hr
Nov 29, 1:52 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	George, Greene, Jackson, Wayne	113 min
Nov 29, 4:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clarke, Forrest, Greene, Jones, Lamar, Marion and 2 more	90 min
Nov 29, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper, Jones and 6 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2022 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2022 Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.