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Tornado Watch 755

November 29, 201029 parishes in Louisiana; 52 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 29, 2010, 8:49 PM CST for 29 parishes in Louisiana; 52 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2010, 8:49 PM CST (02:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2010, 4:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 81 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala 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, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Itawamba 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, Lee 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, Pike County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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
70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
40%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
5%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo50 min
Nov 29, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas61 min
Nov 29, 9:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANTensas66 min
Nov 29, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston60 min
Nov 29, 9:24 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Winston66 min
Nov 29, 9:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Leake, Winston61 min
Nov 29, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin41 min
Nov 29, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin63 min
Nov 29, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Tensas61 min
Nov 29, 10:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds38 min
Nov 29, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin48 min
Nov 29, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Winston45 min
Nov 29, 10:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston46 min
Nov 29, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston60 min
Nov 29, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin2 hr
Nov 29, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott64 min
Nov 29, 11:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith50 min
Nov 29, 11:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith46 min
Nov 29, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha59 min
Nov 29, 11:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee33 min
Nov 29, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles45 min
Nov 29, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia39 min
Nov 29, 11:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes24 min
Nov 29, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe39 min
Nov 29, 11:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXWilkinson47 min
Nov 29, 11:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANConcordia44 min
Nov 29, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston44 min
Nov 29, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott57 min
Nov 29, 11:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe29 min
Nov 29, 11:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry30 min
Nov 30, 12:01 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWilkinson44 min
Nov 30, 12:03 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston42 min
Nov 30, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry64 min
Nov 30, 12:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott34 min
Nov 30, 12:21 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry24 min
Nov 30, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Newton52 min
Nov 30, 12:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln65 min
Nov 30, 12:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston34 min
Nov 30, 12:29 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPointe Coupee, West Feliciana46 min
Nov 30, 12:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln58 min
Nov 30, 12:41 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin49 min
Nov 30, 12:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston2 hr
Nov 30, 12:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton16 min
Nov 30, 1:20 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry10 min
Nov 30, 1:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson64 min
Nov 30, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana42 min
Nov 30, 1:34 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton26 min
Nov 30, 1:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee46 min
Nov 30, 2:05 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith55 min
Nov 30, 2:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXEast Feliciana, West Feliciana45 min
Nov 30, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln53 min
Nov 30, 2:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln62 min
Nov 30, 2:32 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXEast Feliciana28 min
Nov 30, 2:50 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith55 min
Nov 30, 3:04 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike41 min
Nov 30, 3:09 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson36 min
Nov 30, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton63 min
Nov 30, 3:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Simpson, Smith43 min
Nov 30, 3:38 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall17 min
Nov 30, 3:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion65 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 00:00Z on 2010-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 946 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
492 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 10:57 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 11 more93 min
Nov 29, 11:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 23 more4 hr
Nov 30, 1:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCullman, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Pickens, Sumter and 3 more91 min
Nov 30, 3:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 36 more58 min
Nov 30, 3:39 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cullman, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker96 min
Nov 30, 3:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 34 more8 hr
Nov 30, 6:30 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 14 more90 min
Nov 30, 7:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 18 more60 min
Nov 30, 7:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 14 more8 hr
Nov 30, 9:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 20 more97 min
Nov 29, 8:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEast Feliciana, West Feliciana96 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.