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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 2003Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 3:32 PM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Richland 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 24, 2003, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2003-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 458 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 2003-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 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
458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 242032
TORJAN
LAC067-083-242115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
331 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF START...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SWARTZ...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR COLLINSTON...BASTROP AT 335 PM CDT
  BE NEAR OAK RIDGE...RAYVILLE AT 340 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MER ROUGE AT 345 PM CDT
  BE NEAR HOLLY RIDGE AT 350 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3277 9200 3239 9194 3243 9150 3268 9164
          3286 9158

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia41 min
Apr 24, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse52 min
Apr 24, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland47 min
Apr 24, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWest Carroll43 min
Apr 24, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll45 min
Apr 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia44 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.