Tornado Watch 50

Issued

Mar 9, 2006, 11:29 AM CST (17:29 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2006, 6:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 205Mar 9, 10:30 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 207Mar 9, 11:05 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 208Mar 9, 1:52 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 212Mar 9, 3:51 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 215Mar 9, 5:43 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 091730
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SPC WW 091730
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 50
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LOUISIANA
       MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1130 AM UNTIL 600
PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 80 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 50 MILES NORTH OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI
TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 48. WATCH NUMBER 48 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1130
AM CST. CONTINUE...WW 49...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED BOW/SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS LA/AR INTO MS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.  THOUGH INSTABILITY IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN THE WARM
SECTOR ACROSS MS...VERY STRONG LOW-MID LEVEL SHEAR WILL MAINTAIN A
THREAT FOR INTENSE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.  THE EXTREME NATURE
OF THE SHEAR MAY ALSO SUPPORT A STRONG TORNADO THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN
THE CORRIDOR OF RICHEST LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND STRONGEST PRESSURE
FALLS NEAR THE MS RIVER.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...THOMPSON

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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.