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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Jackson, MS

October 16, 2006Catahoula Parish, Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 4:52 PM CDT for Catahoula Parish, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 53 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: Oct 16, 2006, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 16, 10:37 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 460 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 162152
TORJAN
LAC025-041-162245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0091.061016T2152Z-061016T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
452 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 22 MILES WEST OF
  WISNER...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  WISNER BY 515 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. 

LAT...LON 3205 9188 3193 9201 3181 9200 3186 9157
      3201 9151 3217 9151

$$

CME

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 162205
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
506 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

LAC025-162216-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-061016T2245Z/
CATAHOULA LA-
506 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CATAHOULA PARISH IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3209 9188 3193 9183 3194 9156 3201 9151
      3221 9152

$$

LAC041-162245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-061016T2245Z/
FRANKLIN LA-
506 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR FRANKLIN
PARISH...

AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WISNER...OR ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTH OF WINNSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL FRANKLIN PARISH AT 520 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 3209 9188 3193 9183 3194 9156 3201 9151
      3221 9152

$$

CME

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 162228
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
528 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

LAC041-162245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-061016T2245Z/
FRANKLIN LA-
528 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR FRANKLIN
PARISH...

AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GILBERT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERM FRANKLIN PARISH AT 540 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...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 3216 9175 3201 9166 3207 9154 3219 9150
      3225 9154

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 16, 1:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	27 min
Oct 16, 3:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	6 hr
Oct 16, 3:36 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll	6 hr
Oct 16, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	38 min
Oct 16, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	16 min
Oct 16, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	42 min
Oct 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	32 min
Oct 16, 6:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	6 hr

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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.