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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS

June 5, 1998Catahoula Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1998, 8:25 PM CDT for Catahoula Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1998, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

908 
WFUS1 KJAN 060126 RRA
TORJAN
LAC025-107-060200-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
825 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
  TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 824 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HARRISONBURG OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF JONESVILLE
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland51 min
Jun 5, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Tensas49 min
Jun 5, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula48 min
Jun 5, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia34 min
Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANConcordia35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.