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Mesoscale Discussion 488

April 5, 20238 parishes in Louisiana; 26 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2023, 2:17 PM CDT for 8 parishes in Louisiana; 26 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2023, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2023, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 34 counties

Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Grenada 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, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 130Apr 5, 2:35 PM CDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster	119 min
Apr 5, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more	4 hr
Apr 5, 8:44 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	7 hr
Apr 5, 11:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	84 min
Apr 5, 12:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	84 min
Apr 5, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 9 more	6 hr
Apr 5, 3:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee	87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2023 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.