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Tornado Watch 141

April 2, 200631 counties in Arkansas; 27 counties in Mississippi; 20 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2006, 10:14 PM CDT for 31 counties in Arkansas; 27 counties in Mississippi; 20 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2006, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2006, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 78 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Washington 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 Little Rock radar (KLZK), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton44 min
Apr 2, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKSaline43 min
Apr 2, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley25 min
Apr 2, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring64 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison33 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Montgomery, Pike60 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry45 min
Apr 2, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski43 min
Apr 2, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer28 min
Apr 2, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby27 min
Apr 2, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Monroe, Prairie60 min
Apr 2, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMadison26 min
Apr 2, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson39 min
Apr 2, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henry32 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood31 min
Apr 2, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMadison15 min
Apr 2, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee42 min
Apr 2, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette23 min
Apr 2, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tunica36 min
Apr 2, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Henderson35 min
Apr 2, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson, Pulaski46 min
Apr 2, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Madison27 min
Apr 2, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate23 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips48 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant34 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur34 min
Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee47 min
Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate47 min
Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy62 min
Apr 3, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood12 min
Apr 3, 12:05 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMarshall, Tate40 min
Apr 3, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison38 min
Apr 3, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJefferson46 min
Apr 3, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips37 min
Apr 3, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLincoln50 min
Apr 3, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma44 min
Apr 3, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah, Union39 min
Apr 3, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin33 min
Apr 3, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman30 min
Apr 3, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha46 min
Apr 3, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas45 min
Apr 3, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar42 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2530 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
14.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Mississippi84 min
Apr 3, 2:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 5 more63 min
Apr 2, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 26 more3 hr
Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 27 more2 hr
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 64 more7 hr
Apr 3, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPolk89 min

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2006Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2006Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2006Every tornado watch in 2006

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.