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Storm of the Month
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While the winter season is well-known in many parts of the country for cold and
snow, our FEBRUARY Storm of the Month occurred in south Mississippi only weeks
after an early month Ice Storm struck mainly north and west Mississippi.
The thunderstorm chosen for this month's honor developed on President's Day, the 19th, at 513pm in the northwest corner
of Amite County about 80 miles southwest of the radar. Another low instability
and high shear environment created this storm with VILs peaking near 48 kg/m*m
and a moderate Mesocyclone with a depth of at least 15,000 feet and a Shear of
13(e-3/s) over a 1.8nm diameter. The 4-Panel image below also shows that 46 dBz
in the core reached to over 33,000 feet.
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A 4-Panel View of Composite Reflectivity (u.left), 0.5Deg
Storm Relative Velocity (u.right), High Layer Reflectivity (l.left) & 1.5Deg
Storm Relative Velocity(l.right)
Scales: Right- Velocities
(green-motion
toward radar;
red-motion away from radar)
Left- Reflectivity
(dBz)
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