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Tornado Warning 149, NWS Jackson, MS

September 24, 2005East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 11:18 AM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 24, 2005, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired: Sep 24, 2005, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 24, 11:40 AM CDT	TORNADO 0	2 W Transylvania, LA	FUNNEL CLOUDS AND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED BY SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 24, 5:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 241618
TORJAN
LAC035-065-241645-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0149.050924T1618Z-050924T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1118 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  CENTRAL MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLULAH

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1118 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  EAST OF TALLULAH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TRANSYLVANIA BY 1140 AM CDT

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.

LAT...LON 3234 9120 3236 9105 3271 9118 3268 9140

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 10:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	23 min
Sep 24, 11:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	32 min
Sep 24, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	35 min
Sep 24, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	42 min
Sep 24, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	58 min
Sep 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	50 min
Sep 24, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	36 min
Sep 24, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	38 min
Sep 24, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	26 min
Sep 24, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	West Carroll	34 min
Sep 24, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.