235  
ACUS11 KWNS 092024  
SWOMCD  
SPC MCD 092023  
LAZ000-092300-  
 
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2254  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0223 PM CST MON DEC 09 2024  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA  
 
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY  
 
VALID 092023Z - 092300Z  
 
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT  
 
SUMMARY...A ISOLATED DAMAGING GUST OR TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT  
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN  
SPARSE AND A WW ISSUANCE IS NOT EXPECTED.  
 
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN INTENSIFYING ALONG A  
CONFLUENCE BAND ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LA, WHERE A 925-850 MB  
MOISTURE AXIS PRECEDING AN APPROACHING LOW-LEVEL TROUGH IS IN PLACE.  
A WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY 500 MB WIND MAXIMA IS OVERSPREADING THE REGION,  
CONTRIBUTING TO ELONGATED BUT MAINLY STRAIGHT HODOGRAPHS (PER THE  
LATEST HDC VAD) AND CORRESPONDING 60+ KTS OF EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR  
(MOST OF WHICH SHOULD BE SPEED BASED). THIS SHEAR, ALONG WITH  
DIURNAL HEATING CONTRIBUTING UP TO 500 J/KG MLCAPE, WILL FAVOR SOME  
ORGANIZATION OF CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE AFOREMENTIONED  
PRECIPITATION BAND. TRANSIENT SUPERCELL MODES ARE POSSIBLE. 30 KTS  
OF SOUTHWESTERLY 850 MB FLOW IS ALSO APPROACHING FROM THE WEST, AND  
THIS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SOME ADDITIONAL CURVATURE TO THE LOW-LEVEL  
HODOGRAPH AND SUBSEQUENT INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL SHEAR. AS SUCH, A  
DAMAGING WIND GUST OR TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON IN  
THE EVENING. HOWEVER, THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN  
ISOLATED, AND A WW ISSUANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED.  
 
..SQUITIERI/HART.. 12/09/2024  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT  
 
ATTN...WFO...LIX...LCH...  
 
LAT...LON 29959290 30769119 30719039 30468989 30218975 29918973  
29908998 29709072 29689147 29719231 29959290  
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