Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2013
Tornado Watch 584
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Dec 21, 2013, 5:22 PM CST for 27 parishes in Louisiana; 46 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2013, 5:22 PM CST (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 73 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Ascension Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison 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, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- 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
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 20 min |
| Dec 21, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 62 min |
| Dec 21, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 40 min |
| Dec 21, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 58 min |
| Dec 21, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Dec 21, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 54 min |
| Dec 21, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 67 min |
| Dec 21, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 64 min |
| Dec 21, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Dec 21, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Webster | 2 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 20 more | 63 min |
| Dec 21, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu and 21 more | 60 min |
| Dec 21, 5:06 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Iberville and 9 more | 84 min |
| Dec 21, 10:45 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Leflore and 8 more | 60 min |
| Dec 21, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Coahoma and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Lafayette and 9 more | 55 min |
| Dec 21, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.