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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS

April 6, 2003Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2003, 6:02 PM CDT for Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 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, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tensas Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2003-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 758 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 2003-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 062302
TORJAN
LAC107-062345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
601 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 23 MILES WEST OF NEWELLTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WINNSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR NEWELLTON AT 620 PM CDT
  BE NEAR SOMERSET AT 625 PM CDT

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

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE ALSO 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 

LAT...LON 3221 9148 3208 9148 3198 9149 3194 9145
          3191 9138 3191 9133 3193 9125 3202 9118
          3210 9116 3209 9109 3214 9107 3215 9117
          3220 9119 3225 9115 3221 9130

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland43 min
Apr 6, 8:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse43 min
Apr 6, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland42 min
Apr 6, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse34 min
Apr 6, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison43 min
Apr 6, 9:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll47 min
Apr 6, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll46 min
Apr 6, 9:54 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRichland, West Carroll46 min
Apr 6, 10:13 AM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll62 min
Apr 6, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Richland41 min
Apr 6, 10:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll2 hr
Apr 6, 11:02 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison43 min
Apr 6, 11:04 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRichland46 min
Apr 6, 11:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll28 min
Apr 6, 11:33 AM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin42 min
Apr 6, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison60 min
Apr 6, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison60 min
Apr 6, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse60 min
Apr 6, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse43 min
Apr 6, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll45 min
Apr 6, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll46 min
Apr 6, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse28 min
Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll46 min
Apr 6, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland60 min
Apr 6, 5:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll4 hr
Apr 6, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRichland43 min
Apr 6, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin43 min
Apr 6, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll44 min
Apr 6, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia48 min
Apr 6, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison46 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.