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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2008Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 11:17 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 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: Feb 5, 2008, 11:17 PM CST (05:17 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 5, 11:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Jonesville, LA	POWER POLES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE JONESVILLE AREA. RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THIS AREA.

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, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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: 926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 5.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 060517
TORJAN
LAC025-029-060600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0046.080206T0517Z-080206T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1117 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 1117 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH
  OF LARTO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WILDSVILLE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLACE RIDGE BY 1125 PM CST...
  CLAYTON BY 1145 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING 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 3190 9159 3176 9157 3175 9138 3148 9192
      3166 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 230DEG 42KT 3157 9186

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 060529
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1129 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

LAC025-029-060600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/
CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA-
1129 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHERN CONCORDIA AND CENTRAL CATAHOULA PARISHES...

AT 1129 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILDSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF FERRIDAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SICILY ISLAND AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON BY 1145 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING 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 3170 9190 3173 9188 3190 9159 3176 9157
      3175 9138 3159 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 226DEG 42KT 3168 9177

$$

CME

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 060545
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

LAC025-029-060600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/
CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA-
1145 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHERN CONCORDIA AND EASTERN CATAHOULA PARISHES...

AT 1145 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SICILY ISLAND...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERRIDAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING 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 3167 9167 3178 9178 3180 9177 3190 9159
      3175 9157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 232DEG 43KT 3182 9164

$$

CME

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 060554
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1154 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

LAC025-029-060604-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080206T0600Z/
CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA-
1154 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CONCORDIA AND NORTHEASTERN
CATAHOULA PARISHES EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED 
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3167 9167 3178 9178 3180 9177 3190 9159
      3175 9157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 232DEG 43KT 3186 9152

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	48 min
Feb 5, 10:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	46 min
Feb 5, 10:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula	52 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	51 min
Feb 5, 10:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	49 min
Feb 5, 11:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	30 min
Feb 6, 4:36 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll	13 hr

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.