Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 37
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 27, 2009, 8:40 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2009, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2009, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 74 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Union County, AR, Claiborne Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 80%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
46 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 65 min |
| Feb 27, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Feb 27, 9:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Feb 27, 9:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 29 min |
| Feb 27, 9:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 9:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 48 min |
| Feb 27, 10:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 10:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas | 42 min |
| Feb 27, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 36 min |
| Feb 27, 11:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 11:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 42 min |
| Feb 27, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 11:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas | 37 min |
| Feb 27, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Feb 27, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 38 min |
| Feb 27, 12:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Marengo, Perry | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 12:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 25 min |
| Feb 27, 12:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 52 min |
| Feb 27, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 39 min |
| Feb 27, 12:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 14 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas | 45 min |
| Feb 27, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 59 min |
| Feb 27, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 29 min |
| Feb 27, 1:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 62 min |
| Feb 27, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 57 min |
| Feb 27, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 67 min |
| Feb 27, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 22 min |
| Feb 27, 1:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 2:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower | 113 min |
| Feb 27, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 32 min |
| Feb 27, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 2:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 66 min |
| Feb 27, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 46 min |
| Feb 27, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 22 min |
| Feb 27, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 63 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Cullman, Fayette, Greene and 12 more | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 10:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 90 min |
| Feb 27, 12:16 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sumter | 89 min |
| Feb 27, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Choctaw and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Crenshaw, Lee, Macon, Montgomery and 2 more | 56 min |
| Feb 27, 3:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greene, Hale, Perry, Sumter | 97 min |
| Feb 27, 5:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 40 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 41 more | 93 min |
| Feb 26, 8:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 2 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Grant and 12 more | 96 min |
| Feb 26, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 10:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 46 more | 114 min |
| Feb 27, 1:45 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas and 18 more | 30 min |
| Feb 27, 2:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Desha and 21 more | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.