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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 11:43 AM CDT for East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 24, 2005, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2005, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 241643 TORJAN LAC035-123-241715- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0151.050924T1643Z-050924T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1143 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EASTERN WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 1143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAK GROVE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... OAK GROVE BY 1155 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 3269 9136 3271 9118 3296 9126 3290 9149 $$ 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, 11:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.