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Tornado Watch 364

June 22, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 22, 2017, 1:04 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2017, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
0.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 129 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Ascension Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Carroll 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, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar 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, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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
50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
10%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
5%
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
60%

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo9 min
Jun 22, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson10 min
Jun 22, 1:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw6 hr
Jun 22, 2:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBMXJefferson, Shelby12 min
Jun 22, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower47 min
Jun 22, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Tallapoosa22 min
Jun 22, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Tensas36 min
Jun 22, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot69 min
Jun 22, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXTallapoosa41 min
Jun 22, 4:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge6 hr
Jun 22, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington18 min
Jun 22, 6:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson7 hr
Jun 22, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile, Washington6 hr
Jun 22, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke6 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2017-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 294 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2017-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

843 
WWUS20 KWNS 221803
SEL4  
SPC WW 221803
ALZ000-ARZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-230300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 364
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
105 PM CDT Thu Jun 22 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Alabama
  Southeast Arkansas
  Eastern and southern Louisiana
  Mississippi
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until
  1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes possible

SUMMARY...On the eastern periphery of slow-northward-moving Tropical
Depression Cindy, a moist environment coupled with moderately strong
low-level shear will support the possibility of a few tornadoes this
afternoon into evening.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 115 statute miles
north and south of a line from 20 miles northwest of Natchez MS to
30 miles northeast of Montgomery AL. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 363...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 18035.

...Guyer

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 9:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 4 more2 hr
Jun 22, 2:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more96 min
Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 15 more10 hr
Jun 22, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 22 more85 min
Jun 22, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 48 more87 min
Jun 22, 6:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 17 more61 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.