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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Jackson, MS

April 23, 2000Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2000, 8:38 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2000, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1042 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 368 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
1042 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
558 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
11.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 240139
TORJAN
ARC003-240230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
838 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF CROSSETT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED \TO BE...
  NEAR CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT AT 900 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3316 9205 3310 9192 3318 9155 3331 9193

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.