Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Watches in 2023
Tornado Watch 7
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 3, 2023, 9:14 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2023, 9:14 AM CST (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2023, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 111 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Ascension Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala 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, Hinds 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, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion 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, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 9:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 23 min |
| Jan 3, 9:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 63 min |
| Jan 3, 9:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Jan 3, 10:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 10:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 11:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 11:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 115 min |
| Jan 3, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Perry | 42 min |
| Jan 3, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Perry | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 48 min |
| Jan 3, 3:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jan 3, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Jan 3, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Saint Helena | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 67 min |
| Jan 3, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 63 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted.
880
WWUS20 KWNS 031512
SEL7
SPC WW 031512
ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-TNZ000-032300-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 7
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
915 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Western Alabama
Southeast Louisiana
Central and Southern Mississippi
Middle Tennessee
* Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from 915 AM until
500 PM CST.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms extending from parts of Middle
Tennessee southwestward into Mississippi and Louisiana will continue
tracking eastward today across the watch area. Other isolated
thunderstorms will develop ahead of the line throughout the day.
Parameters are favorable for a risk of damaging winds and a few
tornadoes in the more intense storms through the afternoon.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
north and south of a line from 75 miles southwest of Mc Comb MS to
50 miles northeast of Huntsville AL. For a complete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 6...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24035.
...HartSPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 7:56 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marion | 2 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:38 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale and 7 more | 97 min |
| Jan 3, 12:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 15 more | 91 min |
| Jan 3, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clarke, Clay and 13 more | 113 min |
| Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 11 more | 89 min |
| Jan 2, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | East Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, East Carroll, Franklin and 10 more | 89 min |
| Jan 2, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 14 more | 118 min |
| Jan 3, 1:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 15 more | 114 min |
| Jan 3, 2:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 3, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Concordia, East Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, Washington, West Feliciana | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 96 min |
| Jan 3, 2:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Henry and 14 more | 3 hr |
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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.