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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

January 21, 1999Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 1999, 8:47 PM CST for Franklin 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: Jan 21, 1999, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 1999, 9:35 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 21, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado F1	Wisner, LA	A few trees and power lines were blown down. This tornado continued into Tensas Parish.
Jan 21, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado F0	Gilbert, LA

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
Jan 21, 8:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 220247 RRA
TORJAN
LAC041-220335-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
847 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 935 PM CST

* AT 844 PM CST... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  WINNSBORO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT RURAL AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 17 INCLUDING
CROWVILLE AT 905 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 6:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	47 min
Jan 21, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Richland	48 min
Jan 21, 7:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	48 min
Jan 21, 7:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	West Carroll	50 min
Jan 21, 8:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula	32 min
Jan 21, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	48 min
Jan 21, 8:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula	50 min
Jan 21, 9:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	49 min
Jan 21, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	35 min
Jan 21, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Tensas	48 min
Jan 21, 9:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	46 min
Jan 21, 9:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula	50 min
Jan 21, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Tensas	50 min
Jan 21, 10:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	51 min
Jan 21, 10:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	49 min
Jan 21, 11:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	48 min
Jan 22, 6:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	47 min
Jan 22, 7:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	West Carroll	37 min
Jan 22, 7:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	40 min
Jan 22, 11:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	49 min
Jan 22, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula	50 min
Jan 22, 12:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Tensas	46 min
Jan 22, 12:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	47 min
Jan 22, 1:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	48 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.