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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2008Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 2:37 PM CST for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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: Feb 5, 2008, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Ashley County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Feb 5, 3:15 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Crossett, AR	GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED IN CROSSETT. RELAYED BY WFO LITTLE ROCK.
Feb 5, 3:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Hamburg, AR	A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.
Feb 5, 3:25 PM CST	HAIL 2.75	4 S Hamburg, AR	SIG HAIL STORM S OF HAMBURG, LARGEST WAS BASEBALL WITH GOLF BALL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. MANY CARS DAMAGED. WORST OCCURRED ALONG HWY 425.
Feb 5, 3:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Hamburg, AR	DAMAGE NEAR HWY 425 EAST OF HAMBURG. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Feb 5, 3:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Hamburg, AR	TREES DOWN NEAR THE SCHOOL IN HAMBURG.
Feb 5, 3:30 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Hamburg, AR	PENNY HAIL REPORTED IN HAMBURG.
Feb 5, 3:32 PM CST	TORNADO 1	1 S Hamburg, AR	THE TORNADO BEGAN ONE MILE SOUTH OF HAMBURG AND HAD A PATH LENGTH OF A QUARTER MILE. IT WAS 50 YARDS WIDE. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 90 MILES PER HOUR. THE TORNADO PEELED THE ROOF BACK FROM A SCHOOL AND UPROOTED OR SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES.

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
Feb 5, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 052039
TORJAN
ARC003-LAC067-052130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0038.080205T2037Z-080205T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
237 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMOT...WEST CROSSETT...NORTH
  CROSSETT...HAMBURG...CROSSETT...

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 237 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  A TORNADO 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEKMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT      
  50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BEEKMAN BY 305 PM CST...
  JUST EAST OF CROSSETT BY 315 PM CST...
  BERLIN BY 320 PM CST...
  HAMBURG BY 325 PM CST...
 
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 3332 9146 3314 9145 3269 9205 3280 9206
      3287 9210 3302 9209 3305 9212 3312 9214
      3323 9207 3331 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 221DEG 46KT 3271 9226

$$

EEC

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 052056
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
254 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

ARC003-LAC067-052130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080205T2130Z/
ASHLEY AR-MOREHOUSE LA-
254 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR ASHLEY
COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH...

AT 254 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A POSSIBLE TORNADO....LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEEKMAN...OR 
ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF BASTROP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  5 MILES WEST OF BEEKMAN BY 310 PM CST...
  PASS BETWEEN CROSSETT AND BERLIN BY 325 PM CST...
  HAMBURG BY 330 PM CST...

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 3332 9146 3314 9145 3269 9205 3280 9206
      3287 9210 3302 9209 3305 9212 3312 9214
      3323 9207 3331 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 222DEG 44KT 3286 9210

$$

EEC

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 052110
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
307 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

ARC003-LAC067-052130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080205T2130Z/
ASHLEY AR-MOREHOUSE LA-
307 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR ASHLEY
COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH...

AT 307 PM CST...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 50 MPH. 

IN ADDITION...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING 
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PASS NEAR BERLIN BY 320 PM CST...
 
LAT...LON 3332 9146 3314 9145 3269 9205 3280 9206
      3287 9210 3302 9209 3305 9212 3312 9214
      3323 9207 3331 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 228DEG 46KT 3298 9196

$$
EEC

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 052121
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
321 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

LAC067-052131-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080205T2130Z/
MOREHOUSE LA-
321 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

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

LAT...LON 3332 9146 3314 9145 3301 9206 3309 9200
      3312 9202 3317 9202 3324 9201 3331 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 222DEG 46KT 3310 9183

$$

ARC003-052130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080205T2130Z/
ASHLEY AR-
321 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR ASHLEY
COUNTY...

AT 321 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERLIN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
EAST OF CROSSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3332 9146 3314 9145 3301 9206 3309 9200
      3312 9202 3317 9202 3324 9201 3331 9184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 222DEG 46KT 3310 9183

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	63 min
Feb 5, 4:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Chicot	54 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.