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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Jackson, MS

March 29, 2000Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2000, 10:46 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 29, 2000, 10:46 PM CST (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2000, 11:15 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Catahoula Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2000-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 315 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 300447
TORJAN
LAC025-300515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1046 PM CST WED MAR 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1046 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF JONESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EUXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR JONESVILLE AT 1055 PM CST

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU 
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 12:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia24 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.