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Tornado Watch 99
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 31, 2023, 8:24 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2023, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2023, 3:58 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 55 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Union County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll 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, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 61 min |
| Apr 1, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Desha | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, LaSalle and 2 more | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 11:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo | 115 min |
| Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 3 more | 92 min |
| Apr 1, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake and 9 more | 4 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.