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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 387
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 2, 2014, 2:17 PM CDT for 26 parishes in Louisiana; 32 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2014, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 58 counties
Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia and 24 more | 94 min |
| Jul 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline and 7 more | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 8:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, DeSoto | 2 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.