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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 1997East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1997, 5:28 PM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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: May 2, 1997, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County East Carroll Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 5:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Gassoway, LA	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and a shed was damaged.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 022229 RRA
TORJAN
LAC035-022300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
528 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...EAST CARROLL PARISH
 
AT 528 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES
WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH...AND WILL MOVE NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF LAKE PROVIDENCE BY 545 PM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS. AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	66 min
May 2, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	49 min
May 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	45 min
May 2, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	West Carroll	54 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.