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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Jackson, MS

April 6, 2003East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2003, 5:41 PM CDT for East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2003, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2003, 6:25 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 062241
SVRJAN
LAC035-123-062325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
541 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 625 PM CDT

* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF PIONEER...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR FOREST AT 545 PM CDT
  BE NEAR OAK GROVE AT 550 PM CDT
  BE NEAR TRANSYLVANIA AT 555 PM CDT
  BE NEAR LAKE PROVIDENCE...KILBOURNE AT 605 PM CDT
  BE NEAR GASSOWAY AT 610 PM CDT

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY 
WITH THIS STORM.  

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3272 9161 3264 9159 3263 9144 3258 9144
          3259 9116 3267 9116 3274 9113 3281 9118
          3289 9113 3291 9122 3300 9120 3301 9128
          3301 9141

$$

CRAVEN

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 Apr 6, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

BUSY AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AS SUPER CELLS CONTINUE TO
TRACK TO THE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF LARGE HAIL...SEVERE WINDS AND FLOODING WITH THESE STORMS. THE
CURRENT SUPER CELLS WILL LIKELY EXIT THE CWA BEFORE THE AFTERNOON
ENDS BUT RUC ANALYSIS HAS THE MAIN SPEED MAX OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS
APPROACHING THE AREA. UPSTREAM PROFILERS SHOW THE LOW LEVEL JET
INCREASING AS WELL. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ARE IN THE LOWER 80S WITH DEW PTS IN THE
UPPER 60S WHICH SHOULD ALSO HELP FUEL LATER DEVELOPMENT. SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWS TWO ADDITIONAL LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER
EAST TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL LIKELY AFFECT
OUR AREA LATER TONIGHT.

THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO CENTRAL OHIO BY NOON MONDAY
BEFORE SHIFTING EAST. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE DELTA REGION
BY MORNING BUT SLOW AND STALL NEAR THE NATCHEZ TRACE MONDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT...DAYTIME HEATING WILL AID THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORM
DEVELOPMENT AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT. A
LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL FORM ON THE FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
MONDAY NIGHT AND RIDE TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. THIS LOW
WILL TRACK OVER OUR AREA TUESDAY FINALLY DRAGGING THE COLD FRONT
SOUTH OF OUR AREA AND USHERING IN A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS
WEDNESDAY.

LONG RANGE MODELS STILL HAVE DIFFERENCES ON POSITION AND TIMING OF A
CLOSED UPPER LOW JUST EAST OF OUR AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW
WILL HOLD CLOUD COVER IN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY BEFORE IT
SHIFTS TO THE EAST. HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER
THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PROVIDING WARM AND DRY WEATHER.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
JAN 065/079/057/069/042 7372-
MEI 065/079/059/069/043 7572-

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

22

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
071200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
317 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND EAST MISSISSIPPI.  THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL.  IN ADDITION...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
DAMAGE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

FURTHERMORE...ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.  THIS LINE
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY.  ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN BE RIPE FOR
NUMEROUS STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THE RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS
OR LARGER...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE
REGION.  STRONG STORMS MAY AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR
RADIO STATION FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER
EPISODE.

...FLOODING...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MOST OF
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF PONDING CAN BE
EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS DURING AREAS OF HEAVY
RAIN.  AREAS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE REGION EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY
SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...

...DAYS TWO AND THREE...
A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STALLED OVER THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY...WHILE A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO.  STRONG STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ
TRACE PARKWAY.	IN ADDITION...A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE IN
PLACE LENDING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AREA
WIDE.  PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0335 PM    FOREST                    MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   SCOTT                          ALSO TORRENTIAL RAIN.
                                          POWER OUT.  REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN.

1208 PM    REDWOOD                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   WARREN                         POSSIBLE TORNADO...50 X
                                          100 FOOT SECTION OF
                                          REDWOOD SCHOOL RIPPED
                                          OFF.  POWER POLES BLOWN
                                          DOWN.  SIGNIFICANT WIND
                                          DAMAGE IN AREA.

0340 PM    FOREST                    MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   SCOTT                          REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

0338 PM    MARION                    MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   LAUDERDALE                     REPORTED BY MS STATE
                                          CHASE TEAM.

0345 PM    5 N MERIDIAN              MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   LAUDERDALE                     POSSIBLE TORNADO.  TREES
                                          BLOWN DOWN ONTO
                                          APARTMENTS ALONG HIGHWAY
                                          39 NORTH OF MERIDIAN.
                                          REPORTED BY SKYWARN.

0335 PM    CLINTON                   MS   FLOODING
04/06/03   HINDS                          2 FEET OF WATER IN
                                          BASEMENT OF HOUSE.  POND
                                          OVERFLOWED AND FLOODED
                                          HOUSE.

0316 PM    COLLINSVILLE              MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   LAUDERDALE                     POSSIBLE TORNADO...TREES
                                          DOWN AND ROOFS OFF AT
                                          PHILLIPS GROCERY ON
                                          HIGHWAY 19 NORTH OF
                                          MERIDIAN.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
406 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0320 PM    JACKSON                   MS   FLOODING
04/06/03   HINDS                          STREET FLOODING AND
                                          FLOODING OF BRISTOL PARK
                                          APARTMENTS.  CREEK WEST
                                          OF TAGALOO COLLEGE OUT OF
                                          ITS BANKS.  REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN.

0340 PM    SHUQUALAK                 MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   NOXUBEE                        REPORTED BY NOXUBEE
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
                                          35 MPH WIND GUST ALSO.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
427 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    4 N CHUNKY                MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   NEWTON                         WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.
                                          REPORTED BY MS STATE
                                          CHASE TEAM.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
428 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    4 N CHUNKY                MS   70 MPH WIND GUST
04/06/03   NEWTON                         REPORTED BY MS STATE
                                          CHASE TEAM.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
454 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0235 PM    BRANDON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   RANKIN                         A FEW TREES DOWN IN
                                          CROSSGATES. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO SPOTTER.

0300 PM    JACKSON                   MS   URBAN FLOODING
04/06/03   HINDS                          ROAD FLOODING ON COUNTY
                                          LINE ROAD JUST EAST OF
                                          LIVINGSTON ROAD. DEPT 1-2
                                          FEET. REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO SPOTTER.

0440 PM    MERIDIAN                  MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   LAUDERDALE                     PENNY SIZE HAIL. REPORTED
                                          BY HAM RADIO SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 5:24 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
524 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    LAUDERDALE                MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   LAUDERDALE                     NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL REPORTED OVER THE
                                          NORTH HALF OF THE
                                          COUNTY.SOME TREES WERE
                                          ALSO DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          EOC.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Richland	43 min
Apr 6, 8:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	43 min
Apr 6, 9:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Richland	42 min
Apr 6, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	34 min
Apr 6, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	43 min
Apr 6, 9:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	47 min
Apr 6, 9:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	West Carroll	46 min
Apr 6, 9:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Richland, West Carroll	46 min
Apr 6, 10:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	62 min
Apr 6, 10:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Richland	41 min
Apr 6, 10:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll	2 hr
Apr 6, 11:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	43 min
Apr 6, 11:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Richland	46 min
Apr 6, 11:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	28 min
Apr 6, 11:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	42 min
Apr 6, 11:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	60 min
Apr 6, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	60 min
Apr 6, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	60 min
Apr 6, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	43 min
Apr 6, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	West Carroll	45 min
Apr 6, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	46 min
Apr 6, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	28 min
Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	46 min
Apr 6, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Richland	60 min
Apr 6, 5:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	4 hr
Apr 6, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Richland	43 min
Apr 6, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	43 min
Apr 6, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	48 min
Apr 6, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	46 min
Apr 6, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Tensas	43 min

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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.