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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 84

April 11, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 11, 2016, 1:05 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2016, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 94 counties

Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Union County, AR, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison 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, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Sabine County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita65 min
Apr 11, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVColumbia, Union49 min
Apr 11, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha33 min
Apr 11, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Drew64 min
Apr 11, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion49 min
Apr 11, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes51 min
Apr 11, 3:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union9 hr
Apr 11, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore55 min
Apr 11, 3:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll4 hr
Apr 11, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Webster46 min
Apr 11, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo44 min
Apr 11, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo46 min
Apr 11, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison55 min
Apr 11, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Rankin, Scott68 min
Apr 11, 5:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVColumbia, Union6 hr
Apr 11, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Smith62 min
Apr 11, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion42 min
Apr 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada45 min
Apr 11, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin3 hr
Apr 11, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper46 min
Apr 11, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale28 min
Apr 11, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita6 hr
Apr 11, 6:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas and 1 more3 hr
Apr 11, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville24 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

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Sebastian, Washington4 hr
Apr 11, 11:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 15 more2 hr
Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Polk, Sevier9 hr
Apr 11, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Columbia, Drew, Union93 min
Apr 11, 6:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 2 more66 min
Apr 11, 12:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Feliciana, Evangeline and 12 more3 hr
Apr 11, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 20 more5 hr
Apr 11, 6:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jones, Lamar and 2 more65 min
Apr 10, 7:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMontague114 min
Apr 10, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde and 2 more66 min
Apr 10, 9:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cooke, Cottle and 19 more59 min
Apr 10, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Foard, Hardeman and 4 more6 hr
Apr 10, 11:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Frio and 9 more54 min
Apr 11, 6:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Collin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin and 7 more3 hr
Apr 11, 12:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Camp, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 33 more2 hr
Apr 11, 1:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazos, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Liberty and 8 more3 hr
Apr 11, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 18 more94 min
Apr 11, 4:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Dallas, Denton, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall and 1 more86 min
Apr 11, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, King and 7 more93 min

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.