Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 61
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 22, 2005, 1:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; 20 parishes in Louisiana; 21 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2005, 1:45 AM CST (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties
Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 22, 2:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 59 min |
| Mar 22, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 57 min |
| Mar 22, 3:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 5:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 5:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 53 min |
| Mar 22, 5:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 5:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 54 min |
| Mar 22, 5:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 5:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 6:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 81 min |
| Mar 22, 6:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Mar 22, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 67 min |
| Mar 22, 7:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 58 min |
| Mar 22, 7:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 56 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 220744
SEL1
SPC WW 220744
ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-221400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 61
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
NORTHERN LOUISIANA
WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 145 AM UNTIL 800 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE
MISSISSIPPI TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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 58. WATCH NUMBER 58 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 145
AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 59...WW 60...
DISCUSSION...VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY REGION OVERNIGHT.
SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN VERY STRONG...HOWEVER INSTABILITY FIELDS ARE
MARGINAL. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED...THOUGH AMOUNT
OF SHEAR SUGGESTS SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
DAMAGE WINDS WILL BE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...EXTREME SHEAR AND
INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL LA/WRN MS EARLY THIS
MORNING SUGGEST ADDITIONAL RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES.
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 24035.
...EVANS
332,0891 311,0900 311,0933 332,0924SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 8:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 11 more | 91 min |
| Mar 21, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 8 more | 63 min |
| Mar 21, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Pike and 1 more | 96 min |
| Mar 21, 11:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 10 more | 94 min |
| Mar 22, 2:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison and 5 more | 85 min |
| Mar 22, 3:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Union | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:55 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Chicot, Cleburne, Conway, Crittenden, Cross and 20 more | 95 min |
| Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:39 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 19 more | 96 min |
| Mar 22, 4:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Mississippi | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 12:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | De Soto, Sabine | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | De Soto, Sabine | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Saint Tammany, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 9:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 61 min |
| Mar 22, 3:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amite, Attala, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 3 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2005Tornado Watches in Louisiana, 2005Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2005Every tornado 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.