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Tornado Watch 748

November 10, 20025 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 2002, 4:35 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 2002, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 114 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lee County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Dade County, GA, Caldwell Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 4:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	62 min
Nov 10, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	60 min
Nov 10, 5:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto	41 min
Nov 10, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Drew	22 min
Nov 10, 5:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Marshall	50 min
Nov 10, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	23 min
Nov 10, 5:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	30 min
Nov 10, 5:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	41 min
Nov 10, 5:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Madison	48 min
Nov 10, 5:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha	31 min
Nov 10, 5:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola	48 min
Nov 10, 6:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	22 min
Nov 10, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	30 min
Nov 10, 6:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	51 min
Nov 10, 6:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	45 min
Nov 10, 6:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	28 min
Nov 10, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	54 min
Nov 10, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	31 min
Nov 10, 6:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	47 min
Nov 10, 6:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	32 min
Nov 10, 6:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	45 min
Nov 10, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Franklin, Marion	49 min
Nov 10, 6:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	21 min
Nov 10, 6:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Union	43 min
Nov 10, 6:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	25 min
Nov 10, 6:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	23 min
Nov 10, 6:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw	28 min
Nov 10, 6:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	32 min
Nov 10, 7:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Marion, Walker	45 min
Nov 10, 7:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	29 min
Nov 10, 7:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Colbert	28 min
Nov 10, 7:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha	26 min
Nov 10, 7:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Winston	53 min
Nov 10, 7:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	50 min
Nov 10, 7:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo	44 min
Nov 10, 7:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	41 min
Nov 10, 7:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	19 min
Nov 10, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	32 min
Nov 10, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	39 min
Nov 10, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	48 min
Nov 10, 7:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha	19 min
Nov 10, 7:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	20 min
Nov 10, 7:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	50 min
Nov 10, 7:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	35 min
Nov 10, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	14 min
Nov 10, 7:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	46 min
Nov 10, 7:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	52 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	51 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	26 min
Nov 10, 7:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	20 min
Nov 10, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	23 min
Nov 10, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	28 min
Nov 10, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	31 min
Nov 10, 8:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	27 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	56 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	26 min
Nov 10, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marshall, Morgan	64 min
Nov 10, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Colbert, Franklin	48 min
Nov 10, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	28 min
Nov 10, 8:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	32 min
Nov 10, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	25 min
Nov 10, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	22 min
Nov 10, 8:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	50 min
Nov 10, 8:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	39 min
Nov 10, 8:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	46 min
Nov 10, 8:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	29 min
Nov 10, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Madison	35 min
Nov 10, 8:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	28 min
Nov 10, 8:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	26 min
Nov 10, 8:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Cullman	53 min
Nov 10, 8:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette	35 min
Nov 10, 8:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	28 min
Nov 10, 9:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	28 min
Nov 10, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	36 min
Nov 10, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	44 min
Nov 10, 9:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jackson, Marshall	63 min
Nov 10, 9:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	45 min
Nov 10, 9:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	39 min
Nov 10, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	15 min
Nov 10, 9:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	39 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cullman	18 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dade	48 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	28 min
Nov 10, 9:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	17 min
Nov 10, 9:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	39 min
Nov 10, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene	30 min
Nov 10, 10:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	42 min
Nov 10, 10:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	31 min
Nov 10, 10:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jackson, Marshall	46 min
Nov 10, 10:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	52 min
Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	26 min
Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	16 min
Nov 10, 10:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	32 min
Nov 10, 10:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah, Greene, Sumter	45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 7.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 102234
SEL8  
SPC WW 102235 COR
ALZ000-ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-110500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 748
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 165 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 743...WW 745...WW
746...WW 747...

DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERAL TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AS INTENSE UPPER TROUGH SWEEPS
INTO REGION.  VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS...AMPLE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL POSE A THREAT OF
STRONG/VIOLENT TORNADOES OVER WATCH AREA. 

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.

...HART

345,0852 313,0871 313,0925 345,0911

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 6:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 6 more	6 hr
Nov 10, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	6 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.