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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 8:17 PM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- May 9, 2000, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morehouse Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mer Rouge, LA | Many trees were blown down. A fallen tree downed a power line. A shed was destroyed, and a home received minor damage. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KJAN 100117 SVRJAN LAC067-100200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 817 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF BONITA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF BASTROP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR BONITA AT 830 PM CDT HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES. 62
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 39 min |
| May 9, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 42 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.