Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 882
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 27, 2005, 11:44 PM CST for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 9 parishes in Louisiana; 29 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2005, 11:44 PM CST (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 34 min |
| Nov 28, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 44 min |
| Nov 28, 1:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 39 min |
| Nov 28, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 41 min |
| Nov 28, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 46 min |
| Nov 28, 2:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 42 min |
| Nov 28, 2:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 66 min |
| Nov 28, 2:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 32 min |
| Nov 28, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Nov 28, 2:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 31 min |
| Nov 28, 3:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| Nov 28, 3:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 39 min |
| Nov 28, 5:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 22 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 280543
SEL2
SPC WW 280543
ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-281200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 882
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1145 PM UNTIL
600 AM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD
MISSISSIPPI TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 879...WW 880...WW 881...
DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG STORMS OVER LA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...WHILE ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFY
AHEAD OF LINE. FORCING AND INSTABILITY ARE WEAK. HOWEVER...VERY
STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF SUPERCELLS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH MORE PERSISTENT CELLS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...HART
335,0884 312,0894 312,0921 335,0910SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden and 21 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 28, 12:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Lee, Mississippi and 3 more | 62 min |
| Nov 28, 2:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Concordia, Madison, Tensas | 95 min |
| Nov 28, 4:42 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 20 more | 93 min |
| Nov 27, 8:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 1 more | 91 min |
| Nov 27, 11:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 12 more | 62 min |
| Nov 28, 9:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Harrison, Jackson and 11 more | 2 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.