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Tornado Watch 92

March 3, 200825 parishes in Louisiana; 65 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 3, 2008, 2:25 PM CST for 25 parishes in Louisiana; 65 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2008, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2008, 12:59 AM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 90 counties

Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee 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 Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Terrebonne Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw 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, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jackson 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, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite33 min
Mar 3, 4:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lawrence, Lincoln57 min
Mar 3, 4:07 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPike23 min
Mar 3, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXSaint Helena, Tangipahoa26 min
Mar 3, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren50 min
Mar 3, 4:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson34 min
Mar 3, 5:10 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington65 min
Mar 3, 5:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo43 min
Mar 3, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo57 min
Mar 3, 5:51 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall39 min
Mar 3, 5:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion49 min
Mar 3, 6:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana57 min
Mar 3, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion48 min
Mar 3, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson65 min
Mar 3, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith33 min
Mar 3, 7:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana57 min
Mar 3, 7:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln23 min
Mar 3, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln63 min
Mar 3, 7:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln3 hr
Mar 3, 8:12 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike33 min
Mar 3, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson47 min
Mar 3, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXTangipahoa, Washington42 min
Mar 3, 8:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Rankin, Scott23 min
Mar 3, 8:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith3 hr
Mar 3, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith28 min
Mar 3, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Rankin, Scott, Smith52 min
Mar 3, 9:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington66 min
Mar 3, 9:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith34 min
Mar 3, 9:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion48 min
Mar 3, 9:15 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall20 min
Mar 3, 9:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion27 min
Mar 3, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith50 min
Mar 3, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith45 min
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion30 min
Mar 3, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton54 min
Mar 3, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones31 min
Mar 3, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar54 min
Mar 3, 10:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWashington67 min
Mar 3, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale48 min
Mar 3, 10:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones29 min
Mar 3, 10:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Lauderdale, Newton52 min
Mar 3, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper49 min
Mar 3, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne33 min
Mar 3, 11:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Stone, Wayne51 min
Mar 3, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke35 min
Mar 3, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper31 min
Mar 3, 11:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke32 min
Mar 3, 11:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne39 min
Mar 3, 11:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper25 min
Mar 3, 11:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest29 min
Mar 3, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone20 min
Mar 3, 11:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne67 min
Mar 4, 12:12 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry48 min
Mar 4, 12:24 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXHarrison36 min
Mar 4, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene46 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 5:21 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBossier, Caddo, De Soto84 min
Mar 3, 6:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 5 more6 hr
Mar 3, 10:18 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 5 more87 min
Mar 3, 10:36 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 33 more9 hr
Mar 3, 1:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAvoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana and 20 more95 min
Mar 3, 5:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville and 19 more62 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.