Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 232, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 1:33 AM CDT for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 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 25, 2005, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 1:53 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 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 25, 1:34 AM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nne Wisner, LA | NUMEROUS TRESS DOWN COUNTY WIDE. A SMALL CONCENTRATION OF TREES DOWN NEAR TOWN OF WISNER. |
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, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 250633
TORJAN
LAC041-250700-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0232.050925T0633Z-050925T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
133 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 133 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WISNER...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF WINNSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CROWVILLE BY 145 AM 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 3206 9176 3193 9163 3209 9150 3220 9150
3225 9152 3241 9149
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 250653
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
153 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
LAC041-250703-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0232.000000T0000Z-050925T0700Z/
FRANKLIN LA-
153 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRANKLIN PARISH IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3206 9176 3193 9163 3209 9150 3220 9150
3225 9152 3241 9149
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 49 min |
| Sep 24, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas | 57 min |
| Sep 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 38 min |
| Sep 24, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 38 min |
| Sep 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 40 min |
| Sep 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 46 min |
| Sep 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 13 min |
| Sep 24, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 27 min |
| Sep 24, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll | 40 min |
| Sep 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 26 min |
| Sep 25, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 12:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 18 min |
| Sep 25, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 62 min |
| Sep 25, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Concordia | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 23 min |
| Sep 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Concordia | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.