Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 6
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 5, 2004, 11:35 AM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 22 parishes in Louisiana; 28 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2004, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2004, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties
Autauga County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
32 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 11:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Smith | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 12:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 12:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 55 min |
| Feb 5, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 66 min |
| Feb 5, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 58 min |
| Feb 5, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 2:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 52 min |
| Feb 5, 2:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 3:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Feliciana, Saint Helena | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 58 min |
| Feb 5, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 4:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Smith | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 4:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 30 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 051734
SEL6
SPC WW 051735
ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-052300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1135 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1135 AM UNTIL
500 PM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA
TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SELMA 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 5. WATCH NUMBER 5 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1135 AM
CST.
DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF TSTMS WITH OCCASIONAL/EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS AND BOWS SHOULD SHIFT EWD ACROSS WW AREA AS FOREGOING AIR
MASS SLOWLY DESTABILIZES. MLCAPE 400-800 J/KG...55-70 KT 0-6 KM AGL
SHEAR AND 400-800 J/KG 0-3 KM SRH WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
SUPERCELLULAR TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.
...EDWARDS/thompson
291,0925 325,0890 325,0861 291,0900SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 9:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Washington | 113 min |
| Feb 5, 1:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Marengo, Sumter | 113 min |
| Feb 5, 4:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 6 more | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:37 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline and 10 more | 83 min |
| Feb 5, 1:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beauregard, Bienville, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln and 6 more | 119 min |
| Feb 5, 5:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu and 27 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline and 11 more | 115 min |
| Feb 5, 8:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline and 11 more | 118 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2004Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2004Tornado Watches in Alabama, 2004Every tornado 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.