Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2001

Tornado Warning 141, NWS Jackson, MS

November 26, 2001West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 2001, 5:38 PM CST for West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 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
Nov 26, 2001, 5:38 PM CST (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2001, 6:15 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County West Carroll Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2001-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

943 
WFUS54 KJAN 262339
TORJAN
LAC123-270015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAK GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 
MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR OAK GROVE AT 615 PM CST
  BE NEAR DARNELL BY 545 PM CST
  BE NEAR PIONEER BY 555 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

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll37 min
Nov 26, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison37 min
Nov 26, 5:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll42 min
Nov 26, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland23 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes 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.