Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2008
Tornado Watch 164
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 4, 2008, 9:48 AM CDT for 24 counties in Alabama; 29 parishes in Louisiana; 49 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2008, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 6:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 102 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn 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, Greene County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena 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, 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, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 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
87 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 11:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Warren | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 15 min |
| Apr 4, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Talladega | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 15 min |
| Apr 4, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby and 1 more | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 15 min |
| Apr 4, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 14 min |
| Apr 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 39 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 89 min |
| Apr 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene and 5 more | 89 min |
| Apr 4, 12:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph | 87 min |
| Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 14 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 10 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 23 more | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 8 more | 117 min |
| Apr 4, 3:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Franklin and 9 more | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Natchitoches, Sabine | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more | 84 min |
| Apr 3, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 4 more | 86 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 4 more | 86 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.