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Tornado Watch 572

November 29, 2022Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 32 parishes in Louisiana; 47 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 29, 2022, 12:11 PM CST for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 32 parishes in Louisiana; 47 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 29, 2022, 12:11 PM CST (18:11 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2022, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation: Yes
Largest hail expected: 2 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 81 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula 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 Landry Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union 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, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne 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, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe 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, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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: 95%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 90%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 20%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 12:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	34 min
Nov 29, 12:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	28 min
Nov 29, 12:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	30 min
Nov 29, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	50 min
Nov 29, 1:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana	55 min
Nov 29, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	21 min
Nov 29, 1:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	64 min
Nov 29, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Wilkinson	22 min
Nov 29, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	67 min
Nov 29, 2:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Winn	15 min
Nov 29, 2:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike, Wilkinson	65 min
Nov 29, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery	56 min
Nov 29, 2:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery, Webster	39 min
Nov 29, 2:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	47 min
Nov 29, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more	58 min
Nov 29, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	31 min
Nov 29, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Sabine	49 min
Nov 29, 3:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster	57 min
Nov 29, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Winn	40 min
Nov 29, 3:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike, Walthall	52 min
Nov 29, 3:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	61 min
Nov 29, 4:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle	27 min
Nov 29, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	56 min
Nov 29, 4:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	66 min
Nov 29, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery, Webster	65 min
Nov 29, 4:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Natchitoches, Winn	48 min
Nov 29, 4:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	56 min
Nov 29, 4:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	47 min
Nov 29, 4:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	56 min
Nov 29, 4:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	35 min
Nov 29, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster	55 min
Nov 29, 4:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sabine	49 min
Nov 29, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Winn	44 min
Nov 29, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	55 min
Nov 29, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	53 min
Nov 29, 5:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	65 min
Nov 29, 5:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	51 min
Nov 29, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	33 min
Nov 29, 5:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Yazoo	62 min
Nov 29, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	30 min
Nov 29, 5:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle, Winn	55 min
Nov 29, 5:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle	41 min
Nov 29, 5:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	64 min
Nov 29, 5:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	50 min
Nov 29, 5:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	33 min
Nov 29, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Tensas	66 min
Nov 29, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott	63 min
Nov 29, 6:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	65 min
Nov 29, 6:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	41 min
Nov 29, 6:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott	65 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 11:20 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	2 hr
Nov 29, 2:28 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Tensas	2 hr
Nov 29, 5:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant and 7 more	93 min
Nov 29, 10:56 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 5 more	2 hr
Nov 29, 1:52 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	George, Greene, Jackson, Wayne	113 min
Nov 29, 4:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clarke, Forrest, Greene, Jones, Lamar, Marion and 2 more	90 min
Nov 29, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper, Jones and 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.