Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 16
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 13, 2006, 2:14 AM CST for 34 parishes in Louisiana; 49 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2006, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2006, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 34 min |
| Jan 13, 3:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 32 min |
| Jan 13, 4:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 21 min |
| Jan 13, 5:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Jan 13, 6:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 6:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 6:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 39 min |
| Jan 13, 6:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 7:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 37 min |
| Jan 13, 8:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Lafourche | 35 min |
| Jan 13, 8:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jefferson, Plaquemines | 27 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 130818
SEL6
SPC WW 130818
LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-131600-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOUISIANA
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 215 AM UNTIL 1000 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD
MISSISSIPPI TO 45 MILES WEST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 14...
DISCUSSION...SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW EMBEDDED JET STREAK ASSOCIATED
WITH SRN PLNS UPPER TROUGH NOW ENTERING NE TX. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT
INTENSIFICATION AND POSSIBLY SWD EXTENSION OF EXISTING
STORMS/SUPERCELLS BOTH ALONG COLD FRONT AND PREFRONTAL CONVECTIVE
LINE NOW CROSSING AR/LA. WHILE DEEP DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY INCREASE WITH SWD EXTENT ACROSS MS/LA TO THE GULF
CST...STRONGEST FORCING FOR ASCENT MAY TRACK A BIT FARTHER N NEAR
THE I-20 CORRIDOR.
SPECIAL NOTE...WATCH NUMBER 15 WAS ACCIDENTLY SKIPPED.
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 26035.
...CORFIDI
334,0875 293,0895 293,0925 334,0910SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 5:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Greene and 8 more | 85 min |
| Jan 13, 7:11 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva and 6 more | 95 min |
| Jan 12, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 83 min |
| Jan 12, 11:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 95 min |
| Jan 12, 11:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Webster | 37 min |
| Jan 13, 1:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Saint Helena, Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa and 2 more | 88 min |
| Jan 13, 4:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, LaSalle, Madison and 1 more | 60 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.