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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2001Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2001, 6:01 PM CST for Richland 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
Feb 24, 2001, 6:01 PM CST (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2001, 6:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Richland Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2001-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2039 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 2001-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
2039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 250002
TORJAN
LAC083-250030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
601 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAYVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR RAYVILLE AT 615 PM CST

RADAR SHOWS STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING - TAKE COVER
NOW!

84

LAT...LON 3221 9182 3229 9176 3234 9176 3236 9171
          3256 9159 3259 9156 3259 9160 a3266 9160
          3262 9170 3256 9174 3257 9182 3246 9191
          3229 9199

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 7:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRichland36 min
Feb 24, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse42 min
Feb 24, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland, West Carroll24 min
Feb 24, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll34 min
Feb 24, 11:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll33 min
Feb 24, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison30 min
Feb 24, 11:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll51 min

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.