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Tornado Watch 881

November 27, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 27, 2005, 11:26 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2005, 11:26 PM CST (05:26 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 113 counties

Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin31 min
Nov 28, 12:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair45 min
Nov 28, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon64 min
Nov 28, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington48 min
Nov 28, 1:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian24 min
Nov 28, 2:51 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHJackson24 min
Nov 28, 2:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHJackson, Union3 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 268 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2005-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2005-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden and 21 more8 hr
Nov 27, 11:44 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot6 hr
Nov 28, 12:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Lee, Mississippi and 3 more62 min
Nov 27, 8:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe and 2 more2 hr
Nov 27, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 1 more5 hr
Nov 27, 11:21 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 16 more84 min
Nov 28, 3:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 29 more62 min
Nov 28, 10:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry113 min
Nov 28, 11:13 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, Washington7 hr
Nov 28, 11:18 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Dearborn, Decatur, DeKalb and 16 more87 min
Nov 27, 8:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman91 min
Nov 28, 2:17 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 56 more88 min
Nov 28, 2:40 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 25 more95 min
Nov 28, 4:42 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmite, Marion, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson93 min
Nov 28, 9:29 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Harrison, Jackson and 11 more2 hr

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.