Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 652

July 16, 200423 counties in Arkansas; 9 parishes in Louisiana; 43 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 16, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT for 23 counties in Arkansas; 9 parishes in Louisiana; 43 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2004, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Panola 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, Tunica County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson43 min
Jul 16, 11:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKJefferson2 hr
Jul 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Lincoln43 min
Jul 17, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot37 min
Jul 17, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley45 min
Jul 17, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot46 min
Jul 17, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley38 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 9:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 14 more87 min
Jul 17, 2:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Drew and 2 more57 min
Jul 17, 6:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Caldwell, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle and 6 more2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2004

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.