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Tornado Watch 119

March 31, 20068 counties in Arkansas; 14 counties in Mississippi; 45 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 31, 2006, 4:53 PM CST for 8 counties in Arkansas; 14 counties in Mississippi; 45 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2006, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2006, 10:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry27 min
Mar 31, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton47 min
Mar 31, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys43 min
Mar 31, 6:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson36 min
Mar 31, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson34 min
Mar 31, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson32 min
Mar 31, 7:20 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford40 min
Mar 31, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury46 min
Mar 31, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford36 min
Mar 31, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford32 min
Mar 31, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee35 min
Mar 31, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMaury2 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-31Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 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
Mar 30, 7:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more117 min
Mar 30, 9:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Johnson, Logan and 6 more5 hr
Mar 30, 11:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Sebastian26 min
Mar 31, 1:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway and 18 more62 min
Mar 31, 1:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne and 32 more92 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.