Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 87
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 26, 2005, 1:45 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2005, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 79 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion 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, Wilkinson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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
103 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 17 min |
| Mar 26, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 58 min |
| Mar 26, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Tangipahoa, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 12 min |
| Mar 26, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 19 min |
| Mar 26, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Plaquemines, Saint Bernard | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Lauderdale | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 22 min |
| Mar 26, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 5:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 20 min |
| Mar 26, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 6:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 6:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Monroe | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 7:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 8:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 49 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 261934 CCA
SEL7
SPC WW 261934 CCA
ALZ000-FLZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-270300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 87...CORRECTED
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE CST
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
ALABAMA
FLORIDA
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL
900 PM CST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF BATON
ROUGE LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 86...WW 87...
DISCUSSION...VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS MOVING NWD THRU WATCH AREA
AS WIND SHEAR PROFILES ARE NOW VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AS CAP WEAKENS FURTHER
ACROSS WATCH WITH TORNADIC SUPERCELLS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY
TOWARD EVENING. POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HALES
314,0912 324,0850 302,0850 292,0912SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 9:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke and 20 more | 113 min |
| Mar 26, 9:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Henry, Houston | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 5:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 20 more | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 5:37 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus and 38 more | 113 min |
| Mar 26, 5:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Columbia, Dixie, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 14 more | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 3 more | 2 hr |
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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.