Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 213
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 29, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT for 15 counties in Alabama; 15 parishes in Louisiana; 52 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2005, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties
Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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
40 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 12:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 2:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 2:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 20 min |
| Apr 30, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 3:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 44 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 66 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
- 522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 300249
SEL3
SPC WW 300249
ALZ000-ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-301000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 213
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
945 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
NORTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA
NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM UNTIL
500 AM CDT.
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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUSCLE
SHOALS ALABAMA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 211. WATCH NUMBER 211 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 945
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 212...
DISCUSSION...A FEW SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS WW AREA
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...SUPPORTED BY STRENGTHENING LLJ/MOISTURE
TRANSPORT AND... POSSIBLY...BY ENHANCED LARGE SCALE ASCENT IN
DEVELOPING ENTRANCE REGION OF LWR OH VLY SPEED MAX. WHILE MEAN
SBCAPE WILL REMAIN MODEST /AROUND 1000 J PER KG/...50-60 KT DEEP
WSWLY SHEAR AND MODERATE LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR/SRH SUGGEST
POSSIBILITY FOR TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO HAIL/HIGH WIND.
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 25035.
...CORFIDI
345,0853 312,0901 312,0933 345,0890SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 26 more | 97 min |
| Apr 30, 1:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar and 9 more | 96 min |
| Apr 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cullman and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 43 more | 93 min |
| Apr 30, 5:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 29 more | 94 min |
| Apr 30, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 10:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall | 97 min |
| Apr 30, 2:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall | 95 min |
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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.