Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 88
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 26, 2005, 3:30 PM CST for 26 parishes in Louisiana; 39 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2005, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties
Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
49 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia, Tensas | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Lauderdale | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 65 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 | Concordia, Tensas | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 5:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 50 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, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 41 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, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 68 min |
| Mar 26, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 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, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 47 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, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 46 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, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 9:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 65 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 262130
SEL8
SPC WW 262130
LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-270500-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 88
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
330 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CST.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 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 70 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FORT
POLK LOUISIANA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AHEAD OF COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NRN MS AND
NWRN LA. WITH APPROACH OF STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND EXPECTED
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER SRN LA THIS EVENING...POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WELL AFTER
DARK. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...HALES
315,0933 340,0882 320,0882 295,0933SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 30 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:14 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 14 more | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 9:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | George, Greene, Jackson | 113 min |
| Mar 26, 4:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Newton and 2 more | 66 min |
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.