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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 304
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 20, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; 13 parishes in Louisiana; 25 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2005, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Drew County, AR, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula 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, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 57 min |
| May 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 20, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 34 min |
| May 20, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 63 min |
| May 20, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 35 min |
| May 20, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 57 min |
| May 20, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 57 min |
| May 20, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 53 min |
| May 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 30 min |
| May 20, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 56 min |
| May 20, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 61 min |
| May 20, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 53 min |
| May 20, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 119 min |
| May 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 47 min |
| May 20, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 49 min |
| May 20, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 28 min |
| May 20, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 20, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 26 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 4:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay | 57 min |
| May 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 9 more | 114 min |
| May 20, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 43 more | 65 min |
| May 20, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Jasper and 14 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 6:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Forrest, George, Greene and 15 more | 91 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.