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Tornado Watch 828

November 26, 20014 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 26, 2001, 6:00 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2001, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2001, 11:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot46 min
Nov 26, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKLincoln46 min
Nov 26, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson28 min
Nov 26, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower, Washington23 min
Nov 26, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower49 min
Nov 26, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington44 min
Nov 26, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKJefferson24 min
Nov 26, 7:08 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKArkansas67 min
Nov 26, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore51 min
Nov 26, 7:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower48 min
Nov 26, 7:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun27 min
Nov 26, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley38 min
Nov 26, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley64 min
Nov 26, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDrew43 min
Nov 26, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot49 min
Nov 26, 9:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha47 min
Nov 26, 9:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot40 min
Nov 26, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar55 min
Nov 26, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley62 min
Nov 26, 10:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar47 min
Nov 26, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot41 min
Nov 26, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower41 min
Nov 26, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar46 min

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2001-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot5 hr
Nov 26, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeauregard, Vernon5 hr
Nov 27, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon5 hr
Nov 26, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 12 more5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.