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Mesoscale Discussion 985

June 11, 202329 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2023, 7:42 PM CDT for 29 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2023, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2023, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 270
All 29 counties

Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 287 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2168 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Hinds, Holmes and 22 more5 hr
Jun 12, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne7 hr
Jun 12, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike and 2 more57 min
Jun 12, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 22 more6 hr
Jun 12, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 14 more62 min
Jun 12, 6:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmite, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 11 more95 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.