Tornado Watch 38

Issued

Feb 21, 2013, 5:20 PM CST (23:20 UTC)

Expired

Feb 22, 2013, 12:45 AM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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 191Feb 21, 1:22 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 195Feb 21, 3:48 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 198Feb 21, 8:53 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 199Feb 21, 10:53 PM CST
• Mesoscale Discussion 201Feb 21, 11:57 PM CST

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WWUS20 KWNS 212319
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SPC WW 212319
MSZ000-220500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
520 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

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

       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 520 PM UNTIL
1100 PM 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 40 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 37...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED W OF HEZ AND JUST SW OF
JAN...ALONG OR JUST TO THE N OF A WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD THROUGH SRN
MS.  GIVEN THE MOISTENING/DESTABILIZATION INVOF OF WARM FRONT WHICH
IS COINCIDENT WITH ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...THE
POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A
TORNADO OR TWO.

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 25035.


...MEAD

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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.