Tornado Watch 16

Issued

Jan 30, 2013, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)

Expired

Jan 30, 2013, 8:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

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%

• Mesoscale Discussion 89Jan 30, 3:03 AM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 94Jan 30, 7:43 AM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 300947
SEL6  
SPC WW 300947
MSZ000-301400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
345 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 345 AM UNTIL 800 AM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 12...WW 13...WW 14...WW
15...

DISCUSSION...DESPITE WEAK INSTABILITY...STRONG DEEP LAYER AND LOW
LEVEL SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...WITH LINE/BOWING SEGMENTS THE PRIMARY
STORM MODE AS ACTIVITY ADVANCES EWD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SRN MS. 
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.  HOWEVER...GIVEN THE
STRENGTH OF THE LOW LEVEL SHEAR PER WSR-88D VWP DATA IN CENTRAL MS
WITH SFC-1 KM SHEAR AROUND 40 KT AND 0-1 KM SRH NEAR 250
M2/S2...TORNADOES REMAIN A LIKELIHOOD.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050.


...PETERS/MEAD

Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2013Every tornado watch in 2013

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.