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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS

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

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

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 10:52 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison23 min
Sep 24, 11:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison27 min
Sep 24, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll35 min
Sep 24, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison42 min
Sep 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison58 min
Sep 24, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison50 min
Sep 24, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll36 min
Sep 24, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Tensas38 min
Sep 24, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll26 min
Sep 24, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWest Carroll34 min
Sep 24, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison41 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.