Tornado Watch 16

Issued

Jan 10, 2008, 7:46 AM CST (13:46 UTC)

Expired

Jan 10, 2008, 4:00 PM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

40%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 43Jan 10, 7:17 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 45Jan 10, 9:23 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 46Jan 10, 10:11 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 47Jan 10, 12:09 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 49Jan 10, 1:42 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 50Jan 10, 3:05 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 51Jan 10, 3:42 PM CST

951 
WWUS20 KWNS 101344
SEL6  
SPC WW 101344
LAZ000-MSZ000-102200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
745 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

       EASTERN LOUISIANA
       MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 745 AM UNTIL
400 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
OXFORD MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE
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.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING ALONG LOW
LEVEL JET AXIS ACROSS LA/AR THIS MORNING.  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME SURFACE-BASED AND INTENSIFY BY MID MORNING AS THEY SPREAD
INTO MS.  FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF
TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...HART

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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.