Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2010
Tornado Watch 91
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 24, 2010, 6:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2010, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 11:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Particularly dangerous situation
- Yes
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 112 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton 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, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 80%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 50%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 60%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 70%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
60 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Tallahatchie and 1 more | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 7:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 68 min |
| Apr 24, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate | 17 min |
| Apr 24, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 94 min |
| Apr 24, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tunica | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 8:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tippah and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah, Tishomingo | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 9:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 9:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 10:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 10:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 113 min |
| Apr 24, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 10:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 10:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 108 min |
| Apr 24, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Poinsett, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 56 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead and 25 more | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 1:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Cleburne, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 24 more | 91 min |
| Apr 24, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 2 more | 89 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson and 3 more | 95 min |
| Apr 24, 9:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross and 12 more | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 11:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 24 more | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Marion | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 2:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 89 min |
| Apr 24, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Franklin and 10 more | 92 min |
| Apr 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 35 more | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Greene, Jasper and 16 more | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 2:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | George, Greene | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Clay, Itawamba, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale and 11 more | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, Dickson and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay and 32 more | 95 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 53 more | 8 hr |
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.