Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1999, 6:52 PM CST for East Carroll Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 8, 1999, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1999, 7:40 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:00 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Rayville, LA | |
| Mar 8, 7:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Transylvania, LA | Several trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 674 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KJAN 090054 RRA TORJAN LAC035-083-090140- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 652 PM CST MON MAR 8 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA * UNTIL 740 PM CST * AT 650 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE OR JUST WEST OF WARDEN... MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATION IS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... LAKE PROVIDENCE AT 720 PM CST IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 74
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Richland | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 9:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 50 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.