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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 282

May 24, 200120 parishes in Louisiana; 34 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 24, 2001, 4:30 PM CDT for 20 parishes in Louisiana; 34 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2001, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe 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, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

30 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon56 min
May 24, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles66 min
May 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia29 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon48 min
May 24, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides54 min
May 24, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson40 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia43 min
May 24, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah57 min
May 24, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams35 min
May 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides63 min
May 24, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles57 min
May 24, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen58 min
May 24, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia16 min
May 24, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson38 min
May 24, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams29 min
May 24, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia34 min
May 24, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline64 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson31 min
May 24, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard55 min
May 24, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams49 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides33 min
May 24, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin33 min
May 24, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith59 min
May 24, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline53 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson47 min
May 24, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton44 min
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale45 min
May 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson26 min
May 24, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard57 min
May 24, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard54 min

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAttala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 32 more4 hr

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.