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Tornado Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS

March 8, 1999East Carroll Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 7:00 PM CSTHail 0.75Rayville, LA
Mar 8, 7:15 PM CSTThunderstorm WindTransylvania, LASeveral 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 8, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1999-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1999-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 381 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll48 min
Mar 8, 6:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland48 min
Mar 8, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula31 min
Mar 8, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas51 min
Mar 8, 9:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin49 min
Mar 8, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia50 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.