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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS

November 23, 2004Franklin Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2004, 8:33 PM CST for Franklin Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 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: Nov 23, 2004, 8:33 PM CST (02:33 UTC)
Expired: Nov 23, 2004, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 23, 2:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Nov 23, 8:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 1370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 240232
TORJAN
LAC041-083-240330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
831 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINNSBORO
  RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 831 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WINNSBORO BY 845 PM CST
  CROWVILLE BY 855 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM.

LAT...LON 3231 9198 3202 9185 3216 9160 3242 9151
      3251 9165

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 23, 7:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	54 min
Nov 23, 7:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	West Carroll	2 hr
Nov 23, 8:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	58 min
Nov 23, 8:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula	51 min
Nov 23, 9:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	35 min
Nov 23, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	25 min
Nov 23, 9:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Tensas	59 min
Nov 23, 9:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	35 min
Nov 23, 10:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Concordia	34 min
Nov 23, 11:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	39 min
Nov 23, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	55 min
Nov 24, 12:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula	46 min
Nov 24, 12:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	42 min
Nov 24, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas	50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.