• MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 0420

    From COD Weather Processor@1:2320/105 to wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu on Sun Apr 6 01:40:41 2025
    ACUS11 KWNS 060140
    SWOMCD
    SPC MCD 060139=20
    MSZ000-LAZ000-ARZ000-TXZ000-060315-

    Mesoscale Discussion 0420
    NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
    0839 PM CDT Sat Apr 05 2025

    Areas affected...Extreme southeast TX into northern LA...western
    MS...and extreme southeast AR

    Concerning...Tornado Watch 123...125...127...

    Valid 060139Z - 060315Z

    The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 123, 125, 127 continues.

    SUMMARY...Some tornado and damaging-wind threat will persist into
    late evening.

    DISCUSSION...Despite the presence of favorable buoyancy (with MLCAPE
    of 1500-2500 J/kg) and strong deep-layer shear, convection has
    struggled to organize this evening from the Sabine into the lower MS
    Valleys, likely due to warm temperatures aloft and very weak
    midlevel lapse rates, as observed on the 00Z JAN/LCH/LIX soundings.
    However, those soundings also depict rich boundary-layer moisture
    and strong low-level shear/SRH, resulting in a conditionally
    favorable tornadic supercell environment.=20

    It remains uncertain if any supercells can mature and stay
    along/ahead of an outflow-reinforced front into late evening.
    However, any increase in storm organization would result in a
    corresponding increase in the tornado and damaging-wind threat. Even
    if supercells struggle to mature, there will be some potential for
    one or more upscale-growing clusters to develop with time, which
    could pose an increasing threat of damaging wind. With the severe
    threat expected to develop east of the current watches with time,
    new watch issuance and/or local watch extension may eventually be
    needed.

    ..Dean/Hart.. 04/06/2025

    ...Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.spc.noaa.gov__;!!DZ3fj= g!-zyKQF6MYvPNzSoPu3rAc_it8P-oVWAliPngvsEMvpTOaYNwwZXmr3s7JOMeQz-LmI4KGbisq= GwuUUH30kzaok0ufaU$ for graphic product...

    ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV...

    LAT...LON 30149424 32229263 33079156 33679043 33648982 33278977
    32429025 31529090 31069132 30639190 30489259 30389292
    30149424=20

    MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...120-150 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
    MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.00-1.75 IN


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