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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 2:08 AM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morehouse Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2:32 AM CDT | Tornado F2 | Bastrop, LA | Three houses were destroyed. Three people were taken to the hospital for superficial injuries. Several roads were closed due to downed trees and power lines. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 200710 TORJAN LAC067-200800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 208 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...MOREHOUSE PARISH AT 202 AM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR EAST OF ROUTE 143...ABOUT THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF STERLINGTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG ROUTE 165 AND WILL MOVE TOWARD THE COMMUNITY OF BASTROP...MER ROUGE AND GALION BEFORE 230 AM. THIS STORM IS NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Richland | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Tensas | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.