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Tornado Watch 975

November 26, 200325 parishes in Louisiana; Amite County, Pike County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 26, 2003, 9:55 PM CST for 25 parishes in Louisiana; Amite County, Pike County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2003, 9:55 PM CST (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2003, 3:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 11:08 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides22 min
Nov 27, 1:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson36 min
Nov 27, 2:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite14 min
Nov 27, 2:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXAmite, Pike24 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 270354
SEL5  
SPC WW 270355
LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-270900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 975 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
955 PM CST WED NOV 26 2003

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

       SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
       SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
UNTIL 300 AM CST.

TORNADOES...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 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA
TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 974. WATCH NUMBER 974 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 955 PM CST. 


DISCUSSION...WIND PROFILES HAVE INCREASED  AND ARE VERY FAVORABLE
FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT SRN LA AHEAD OF AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO WRN LA. AS VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS MOVES INLAND
TORNADIC SUPERCELL POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE EWD ACROSS SRN
LA.

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 24035.


...HALES

312,0900 291,0905 291,0934 312,0930

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeauregard, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, De Soto and 4 more6 hr
Nov 26, 9:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 48 more87 min
Nov 26, 11:41 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Cameron and 18 more94 min
Nov 27, 1:36 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll and 13 more2 hr
Nov 27, 2:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu and 19 more59 min
Nov 27, 3:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 16 more5 hr
Nov 27, 5:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 16 more117 min
Nov 27, 5:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 11 more6 hr
Nov 27, 7:48 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 10 more117 min
Nov 27, 7:49 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 2 more2 hr
Nov 27, 9:53 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 10 more2 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.