Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005

Tornado Warning 201, NWS Jackson, MS

September 24, 2005Chicot County, Arkansas; East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 6:04 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas; East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 24, 6:28 PM CDTTORNADO 12 W Lake Village, ARTORNADO WAS OBSERVED TOUCHING DOWN AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
Sep 24, 6:32 PM CDTTORNADO 11 W Eudora, ARTORNADO WAS OBSERVED TOUCHING DOWN. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DAMAGED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 24, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 242304
TORJAN
ARC017-LAC035-123-242330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0201.050924T2304Z-050924T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  NORTHEASTERN WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WESTERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH
  OF EUDORA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EUDORA BY 615 PM CDT
  LAKE VILLAGE BY 630 PM CDT

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 3288 9141 3290 9120 3344 9123 3342 9149

$$

DAB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 242322
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
620 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

ARC017-LAC035-123-242330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0201.000000T0000Z-050924T2330Z/
CHICOT AR-WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-
620 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CHICOT
COUNTY...AND EAST CARROLL AND WEST CARROLL PARISHES...


AT 618 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES 
SOUTH OF DERMOTT...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

TWO OTHER STORMS CONTAINING RADAR INDICATED TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS 
CONTINUE NORTH AT 45 MPH TOWARD EUDORA AND LAKE VILLAGE.

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.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3288 9141 3290 9120 3344 9123 3342 9149

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 3:31 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJANAshley, Chicot15 hr
Sep 24, 12:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley37 min
Sep 24, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot35 min
Sep 24, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot25 min
Sep 24, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot47 min
Sep 24, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChicot36 min
Sep 24, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley, Chicot34 min
Sep 24, 10:52 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison23 min
Sep 24, 11:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison27 min
Sep 24, 11:43 AM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll32 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, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Tensas38 min
Sep 24, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2005Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.