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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 2007Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2007, 4:43 PM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 min. 7 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: May 3, 2007, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2007, 5:03 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morehouse Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 4:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	Bastrop, LA	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. HOMES DAMAGED AND PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES IN BASTROP. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
May 3, 4:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	Bastrop, LA	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. HOMES DAMAGED AND PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES IN BASTROP. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
May 3, 4:47 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 86	Bastrop, LA	MEASURED AT THE INTERNATIONAL PAPER PLANT. SPORADIC TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN BASTROP.
May 3, 4:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	4 N Bastrop, LA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED IN THE TOWN OF LOG CABIN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
May 3, 4:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 100	4 N Bastrop, LA	* 1 INJ * SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED IN ABOUT A 2-3 MI SWATH IN THE LOG CABIN COMMUNITY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. 20 HOMES DAMAGED, MINOR TO MAJOR. A FEW HOMES HAD THE ROOF BLOWN OFF. MOST DAMAGED WAS FROM TREES, MANY LARGE, DOWN
May 3, 4:48 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 N Bastrop, LA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED IN THE TOWN OF LOG CABIN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
May 3, 4:51 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	6 Ne Bastrop, LA	THIS TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THE LOG CABIN COMMUNITY WITH A PATH LENGHT OF 0.5 MI. A NUMBER OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ONE HOME SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AS IT WAS SHIFTED FROM ITS FOUNDATION AND HAD ROOF DAMAGE. WIDTH, 50 YDS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 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 032143
TORJAN
LAC067-032215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0072.070503T2143Z-070503T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
443 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASTROP...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  BASTROP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEEKMAN BY 450 PM CDT...
  JONES BY 510 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3286 9204 3269 9197 3282 9159 3297 9151
      3301 9166

$$

DHB

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 032152
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
452 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

LAC067-032215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-070503T2215Z/
MOREHOUSE LA-
452 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR MOREHOUSE
PARISH...

AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BEEKMAN...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL MOREHOUSE PARISH AT 510 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3298 9207 3286 9203 3294 9182 3301 9180
      3301 9194

$$

DHB

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 032203
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
503 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

LAC067-032213-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-070503T2215Z/
MOREHOUSE LA-
503 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

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

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3298 9207 3286 9203 3294 9182 3301 9180
      3301 9194

$$

DHB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	50 min
May 3, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Richland, West Carroll	53 min
May 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll	50 min
May 3, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, 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.