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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1995Franklin Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 4:19 PM CDT for Franklin Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 202120
TORJAN
LAC041-083-202200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
419 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...FRANKLIN PARISH...RICHLAND PARISH
 
AT 415 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF WINNSBORO.
IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IT SHOULD PASS SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND
NORTHERN FRANKLIN PARISH BY 445 PM.
 
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.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 2:08 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse52 min
Apr 20, 8:02 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula43 min
Apr 20, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANConcordia42 min
Apr 20, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas31 min
Apr 20, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland45 min
Apr 20, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin54 min
Apr 20, 12:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison52 min
Apr 20, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse48 min
Apr 20, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRichland50 min
Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll47 min
Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula31 min
Apr 20, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Tensas48 min
Apr 20, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison48 min

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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.