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Tornado Watch 889

December 3, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Dec 3, 2005, 10:01 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 3, 2005, 10:01 PM CST (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Dec 4, 2005, 5:00 AM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 93 counties

Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Union County, AR, Claiborne Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 3, 10:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Marshall, Tate	36 min
Dec 3, 10:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	40 min
Dec 3, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah	24 min
Dec 3, 10:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	25 min
Dec 3, 10:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Drew	42 min
Dec 3, 10:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah	25 min
Dec 3, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	32 min
Dec 3, 11:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LZK	Desha	29 min
Dec 3, 11:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	54 min
Dec 3, 11:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis	19 min
Dec 3, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	28 min
Dec 3, 11:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	28 min
Dec 3, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	37 min
Dec 3, 11:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	64 min
Dec 3, 11:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	66 min
Dec 3, 11:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	35 min
Dec 4, 12:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	24 min
Dec 4, 12:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	14 min
Dec 4, 12:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	41 min
Dec 4, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence	33 min
Dec 4, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	19 min
Dec 4, 12:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	24 min
Dec 4, 1:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Morgan	23 min
Dec 4, 1:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	30 min
Dec 4, 1:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	46 min
Dec 4, 1:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence	27 min
Dec 4, 1:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	39 min
Dec 4, 1:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	39 min
Dec 4, 1:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Morgan	29 min
Dec 4, 1:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	38 min
Dec 4, 2:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	34 min
Dec 4, 2:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	26 min
Dec 4, 2:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	42 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 040403
SEL9  
SPC WW 040403
ALZ000-ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-041100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 889
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1005 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN ALABAMA
       SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
       NORTHERN LOUISIANA
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
       WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1005 PM
UNTIL 500 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 110 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 888...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG COLD FRONT
TRAILING SWWD FROM WRN KY SURFACE WAVE.  50+ KT DEEP WSWLY
SHEAR...LOW TO MID 60S DEWPOINTS AND POTENTIAL FOR DISCRETE
SURFACE-BASED STORMS JUST AHEAD OF FRONT SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.

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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.


...CORFIDI

354,0841 323,0901 323,0935 354,0880

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 3, 9:35 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion	115 min
Dec 4, 2:00 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 19 more	90 min
Dec 4, 12:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more	96 min
Dec 4, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 33 more	6 hr
Dec 4, 3:30 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 22 more	90 min
Dec 4, 5:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 2 more	2 hr
Dec 4, 10:14 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 19 more	2 hr
Dec 4, 11:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 25 more	6 hr
Dec 4, 2:11 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 19 more	2 hr
Dec 3, 7:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Benton, Campbell, Carroll, Cheatham, Clay and 32 more	2 hr
Dec 3, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Benton, Campbell, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham and 43 more	7 hr
Dec 3, 11:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Campbell, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay, Cumberland and 21 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.