Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 893
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 24, 2004, 12:45 AM CST for 13 counties in Alabama; Saint Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; 24 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2004, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Bibb 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, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
53 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 12:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 1:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 1:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 1:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 20 min |
| Nov 24, 1:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 1:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Marion | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 2:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 15 min |
| Nov 24, 2:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 2:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 2:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 2:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 34 min |
| Nov 24, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 2:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 40 min |
| Nov 24, 2:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 62 min |
| Nov 24, 2:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 2:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena, Tangipahoa | 53 min |
| Nov 24, 2:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 47 min |
| Nov 24, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 3:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 3:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 23 min |
| Nov 24, 3:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 3:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Washington | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 35 min |
| Nov 24, 3:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 58 min |
| Nov 24, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 34 min |
| Nov 24, 4:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 14 min |
| Nov 24, 4:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 4:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 4:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 4:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 4:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 4:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 4:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 61 min |
| Nov 24, 4:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 5:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 5:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Nov 24, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 22 min |
| Nov 24, 5:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 5:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 5:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 31 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896
WWUS20 KWNS 240644
SEL3
SPC WW 240645
ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-241200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 893
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1245 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN ALABAMA
A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1245 AM UNTIL 600 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 75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI TO 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA 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 888...WW 890...WW 891...WW
892...
DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD
ACROSS MS...WHILE NEW STORMS FORM EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST LA AND
SOUTHERN MS. FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND SUFFICIENT CAPE
VALUES WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF TORNADOES FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
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 23030.
...HART
302,0910 331,0885 331,0861 302,0882SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 9:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 23, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 23, 11:16 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Cullman and 14 more | 119 min |
| Nov 24, 12:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 12 more | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 2:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens and 3 more | 62 min |
| Nov 24, 3:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman and 11 more | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, Etowah and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 24, 4:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 13 more | 63 min |
| Nov 24, 5:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 7:11 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 24 more | 64 min |
| Nov 24, 7:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Chambers, Lee, Russell | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 8:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 2 more | 57 min |
| Nov 24, 8:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 9:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Chambers, Lee, Russell | 97 min |
| Nov 24, 11:24 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 2 hr |
| Nov 23, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sabine | 6 hr |
| Nov 23, 7:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 20 more | 37 min |
| Nov 23, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 23, 9:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 23, 10:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 38 more | 119 min |
| Nov 23, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline and 9 more | 32 min |
| Nov 24, 1:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Saint Landry and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 24, 5:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 5:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 2 hr |
| Nov 23, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 24, 10:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and 1 more | 2 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.