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Mesoscale Discussion 45

January 12, 2023Chicot County, Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 25 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 12, 2023, 3:07 AM CST for Chicot County, Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 25 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2023, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2023, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 44 counties

Chicot County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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.

Tornado Watch 17Jan 12, 6:55 AM CST

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 7:30 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery and 5 more	2 hr
Jan 11, 9:26 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross, Faulkner and 16 more	94 min
Jan 12, 12:41 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	4 hr
Jan 12, 6:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper and 14 more	2 hr
Jan 12, 6:59 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Itawamba, Jasper and 20 more	7 hr
Jan 12, 9:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper and 4 more	119 min
Jan 12, 10:20 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2023 Every mesoscale discussion in 2023

Sources

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