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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1995Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 8:02 AM CDT for Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 1995, 8:02 AM CDT (13:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 1995, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Catahoula Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 201304
TORJAN
LAC025-201345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
802 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...CATAHOULA PARISH
 
AT 801 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCHIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
THE STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN HARRISONBURG AND JONESVILLE BY 830 AM.
 
SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR APARTMENT.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 20, 3:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION           REPORT

ESTIMATED
232 AM        3N BASTROP LA      TREES DOWN ON SOME HOUSES... SOME
:              MOREHOUSE PARISH   INJURIES...INCOMPLETE REPORT

310 AM        EUDORA AR          SPOTTER REPORTS 60-65 MPH WINDS
              CHICOT CO          CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD

Local storm report, Apr 20, 5:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME (CST)    LOCATION           REPORT

ESTIMATED
232 AM        NR BASTROP LA      UPDATED REPORT...APPARENT TORNADO
              MOREHOUSE PARISH   TOUCHDOWN NEAR SHELTON ROAD...3 HOUSES
                                 DESTROYED...3 PERSONS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
                                 FOR SUPERFICIAL INJURIES...NUMEROUS
                                 ROADS CLOSED DUE TO TREES AND POWER
                                 LINES DOWN...FROM KTVE IN MONROE LA

350 AM        BETWEEN WAYSIDE    DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER
                AND ARCOLA MS
              WASHINGTON CO

345 AM        GREENVILLE MS      WABG TV ESTIMATED 50-55 MPH WIND GUSTS
              WASHINGTON CO
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358 AM        TRIBBETT MS        GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY MHP
              WASHINGTON CO

430 AM        GREENVILLE MS      EST 60-65 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH TREE
              WASHINGTON CO      BRANCHES SNAPPED

450 AM        4W GREENWOOD MS    PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY MHP
              LEFLORE CO

454 AM        GREENWOOD MS       SPOTTERS TELEPHONED MHP WITH REPORT OF

        FUNNEL CLOUD OVER GREENWOOD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 2:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.