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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

April 2, 2000Madison Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 5:37 PM CDT for Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 2, 2000, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Madison Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 5:45 PM CDTHail 1.75Tallulah, LASeveral homes and automobiles received 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2000-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

644 
WFUS54 KJAN 022237
TORJAN
LAC065-022300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
537 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALLULAH OR JUST SOUTH OF 
  INTERSTATE 20...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll25 min
Apr 2, 6:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll32 min
Apr 2, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland31 min
Apr 2, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison39 min
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANConcordia, Tensas2 hr

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.