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Tornado Watch 332

May 10, 20069 parishes in Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 10, 2006, 12:03 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2006, 12:03 PM CDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt
All 36 counties

Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
30%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
50%
Ten or more severe hail reports
80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba113 min
May 10, 1:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton28 min
May 10, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale31 min
May 10, 1:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale114 min
May 10, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale45 min
May 10, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland43 min
May 10, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo62 min
May 10, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Richland76 min
May 10, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren, Yazoo54 min
May 10, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison33 min
May 10, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse73 min
May 10, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll40 min
May 10, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin38 min
May 10, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison2 hr
May 10, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey42 min
May 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds22 min
May 10, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison64 min
May 10, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas57 min
May 10, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison54 min
May 10, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton54 min
May 10, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas58 min
May 10, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo45 min
May 10, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin62 min
May 10, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren57 min
May 10, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds59 min
May 10, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison59 min
May 10, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba33 min
May 10, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANTensas54 min
May 10, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANConcordia53 min
May 10, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott52 min
May 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale60 min
May 10, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott, Smith39 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton46 min
May 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison24 min
May 10, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin40 min
May 10, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren64 min
May 10, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson61 min
May 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith60 min
May 10, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton58 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith2 hr
May 10, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin21 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLincoln55 min
May 10, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson23 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson63 min
May 10, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson18 min
May 10, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln60 min
May 10, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson32 min
May 10, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith45 min
May 10, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones40 min
May 10, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah46 min
May 10, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones41 min
May 10, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones43 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 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2188 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
2188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.4

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 10:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson and 9 more2 hr
May 10, 12:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River and 2 more115 min
May 10, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo and 17 more8 hr
May 10, 2:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle and 6 more2 hr
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 20 more85 min
May 9, 9:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeorge, Greene2 hr
May 10, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada and 13 more7 hr
May 10, 2:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba and 10 more55 min
May 10, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 17 more5 hr
May 10, 4:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Kemper and 10 more89 min
May 10, 5:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee88 min
May 10, 6:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Leflore, Panola, Quitman and 5 more93 min
May 10, 8:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 18 more89 min
May 10, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 20 more5 hr
May 10, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Quitman, Sharkey and 3 more3 hr
May 10, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne7 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.