Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 9
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 13, 2005, 5:45 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; Saint Helena Parish, Washington Parish, Louisiana; 24 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2005, 5:45 AM CST (11:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2005, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Bibb County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 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
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 6:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 52 min |
| Jan 13, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 38 min |
| Jan 13, 6:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 66 min |
| Jan 13, 6:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Jan 13, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 29 min |
| Jan 13, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 58 min |
| Jan 13, 7:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 min |
| Jan 13, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 52 min |
| Jan 13, 7:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 59 min |
| Jan 13, 7:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 65 min |
| Jan 13, 7:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 60 min |
| Jan 13, 7:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 43 min |
| Jan 13, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 53 min |
| Jan 13, 7:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Jan 13, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 18 min |
| Jan 13, 7:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 59 min |
| Jan 13, 7:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 46 min |
| Jan 13, 8:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 42 min |
| Jan 13, 8:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 2 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 53 min |
| Jan 13, 8:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 37 min |
| Jan 13, 8:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 72 days |
| Jan 13, 9:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 9:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 73 days |
| Jan 13, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Washington | 73 days |
| Jan 13, 9:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 8 min |
| Jan 13, 9:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 40 min |
| Jan 13, 10:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo | 41 min |
| Jan 13, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 40 days |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 131144
SEL9
SPC WW 131145
ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-131700-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
545 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 545 AM UNTIL 1100 AM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 65 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.
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 8...
DISCUSSION...STRONG/SEVERE SQUALL LINE CONTINUES EWD ACROSS MS
SUPPORTED BY VERY STRONG SHEAR PROFILES. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO MOVE NWD AHEAD OF LINE...THUS SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WITH AND JUST AHEAD OF SQUALL LINE.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.
...HALES
331,0862 304,0882 304,0904 331,0885SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Lamar and 7 more | 87 min |
| Jan 13, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:12 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 31 more | 63 min |
| Jan 13, 10:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:16 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 6 more | 59 min |
| Jan 12, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant, Jackson and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Lafayette and 9 more | 84 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.