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Mesoscale Discussion 1014

June 13, 20236 parishes in Louisiana; 13 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2023, 11:22 AM CDT for 6 parishes in Louisiana; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2023, 11:22 AM CDT (16:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2023, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2023-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1618 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2023-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBossier, Caddo, Webster83 min
Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River and 1 more7 hr
Jun 13, 8:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more88 min
Jun 13, 9:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 14 more60 min
Jun 13, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more5 hr
Jun 13, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Webster2 hr
Jun 13, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more6 hr
Jun 12, 7:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell and 7 more86 min
Jun 12, 9:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell, Erath and 10 more57 min
Jun 13, 5:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 23 more96 min
Jun 13, 1:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Hansford, Sherman83 min
Jun 13, 1:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath and 15 more90 min
Jun 13, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 17 more6 hr
Jun 13, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 7 more7 hr
Jun 13, 4:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 11 more86 min
Jun 13, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 7 more84 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 17 more86 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts, Wheeler63 min

Nearby

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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.