Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 580, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 12, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Franklin Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KJAN 130049 SVRJAN LAC041-130115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 747 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL... REMAIN OVER RURAL FRANKLIN PARISH WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3204 9198 3191 9183 3215 9150 3231 916/9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 12, 2:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 200 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001 LOOKS LIKE THIS COULD BE THE LAST DAY OF THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING FOR THE PAST WEEK. A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FRONT AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL AID IN THE UPPER MOTION OF THE AIRMASS OVER THE CWFA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MCS OVER NORTHERN MS THIS AFTERNOON. I SEE NOTHING TO STOP IT FROM CONTINUING SOUTH AS THE UPPER FLOW WILL REMAIN FROM THE NORTH AND INCREASE AS EAST COAST AMPLIFIES SOUTHWARD. BOTH THE ETA AND AVN BEGIN DRYING US OUT FROM THE NORTH ON FRIDAY AND BY SATURDAY SHOULD SEE A DRY PLEASANT DAY WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 10 DEGREES LOWER AND TEMPS ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES LOWER. IN THE EXTENDED WILL KEEP IT DRY TILL TUESDAY AS SURFACE WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY WILL BRING BACK THE CHANCES OF SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORMS. JAN 74/90/69/89 5520 MEI 74/89/68/89 5420 .JAN... MS...NONE LA...NONE AR...NONE 02
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 2:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR DATES OF DAMAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
220 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM 2 W ADATON MS WIND DAMAGE
07/11/01 OKTIBBEHA S.O. REPORTED TREES
DOWN.
0600 PM RICHLAND MS WIND DAMAGE
07/11/01 RANKIN P.D. REPORTED TREES
DOWN AS WELL AS A ROOF
BLOWN OFF OF A BARN.
0600 PM RICHLAND MS FLOOD
07/11/01 RANKIN P.D. REPORTED 3 HOUSES
FLOODED.Local storm report, Jul 12, 4:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
441 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM FLORA MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 MADISON TWO TREES DOWN...REPORTED
BY MADISON COUNTY EMA
0407 PM BRANDON MS 0.75 INCH HAILE
07/12/01 RANKIN REPORTED BY BRANDON EOCSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 131200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 443 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE LINE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH AND A FEW AREAS OF WINDS ABOVE 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THE LINE SHOULD REACH THE COAST BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. STORM SPOTTERS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED AND IN POSITION BEFORE THE LINE REACHES YOUR AREA. ...FLOODING... HIGH MOISTURE AVAILABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. LOCALIZED AREAS OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 131200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 443 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001 ...THUNDERSTORMS... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN LOUISIANA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE LINE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH AND A FEW AREAS OF WINDS ABOVE 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THE BLIND SHOULD REACH THE COAST BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. STORM SPOTTERS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED AND IN POSITION BEFORE THE LINE REACHES YOUR AREA. ...FLOODING... HIGH MOISTURE AVAILABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. LOCALIZED AREAS OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
Local storm report, Jul 12, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM 8S CARTHAGE MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 LEAKE TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
LEAKE COUNTY EMA.
0350 PM PHILADELPHIA MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 NESHOBA TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
NESHOBA COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0400 PM 6E FAYETTE MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 JEFFERSON TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0400 PM MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 SCOTT TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
REPORTED BY SCOTT COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, Jul 12, 7:38 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
738 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM LAKE MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 SCOTT TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
SKYWARN OBSERVER
0200 PM 5N CLEVELAND MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 BOLIVAR TREES DOWN
0315 PM LAUREL MS WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 JONES TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
JONES COUNTY CD.
0645 PM WISNER LA WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 FRANKLIN LA TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
GILBERT PD
0705 PM LA WIND DAMAGE
07/12/01 CONCORDIA NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY REPORTED BY
CONCORDIA PARISH SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0715 PM NATCHEZ MS 58 MPH WIND GUST
07/12/01 ADAMS MEASURED AT ADAMS CDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.