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Tornado Warning 174, NWS Jackson, MS

June 12, 2003Concordia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2003, 3:44 PM CDT for Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 12, 2003, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Concordia Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 190 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

631 
WFUS54 KJAN 122044
TORJAN
LAC029-122130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
343 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF ACME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL CONCORDIA PARISH 

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
BE READY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...VIOLENT WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

LAT...LON 3132 9184 3124 9175 3120 9165 3127 9167
          3129 9161 3129 9154 3140 9158 3158 9151
          3158 9174 3150 9177 3145 9170

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula43 min
Jun 12, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia46 min
Jun 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia47 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.