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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 2000Catahoula Parish, Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 11:51 AM CST for Catahoula Parish, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
Jan 3, 2000, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 12:15 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 379 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
427 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.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 031754
SVRJAN
LAC025-041-031815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1151 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN PARISH IN LOUISIANA
  CATAHOULA PARISH IN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1151 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISNER...OR ABOUT 19
  MILES NORTHWEST OF FERRIDAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR WISNER AT 1205 PM CST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 12:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANTensas24 min
Jan 3, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.