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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

March 28, 2009East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 12:15 AM CDT for East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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: Mar 28, 2009, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2009, 12:33 AM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 27, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 27, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 280515
TORJAN
LAC035-123-MSC055-280600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0041.090328T0515Z-090328T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1215 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRANSYLVANIA...LAKE PROVIDENCE...
  SOUTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  MONTICELLO...OR 13 MILES WEST OF TRANSYLVANIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TRANSYLVANIA BY 1235 AM CDT...
  LAKE PROVIDENCE BY 1245 AM CDT...
  FITLER BY 1250 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3293 9116 3272 9096 3254 9136 3254 9145
      3255 9145 3257 9143 3259 9144 3259 9152
      3265 9157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 239DEG 33KT 3263 9141

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 280533
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1233 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

LAC035-123-MSC055-280543-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-090328T0600Z/
WEST CARROLL LA-EAST CARROLL LA-ISSAQUENA MS-
1233 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ISSAQUENA COUNTY...AND EAST
CARROLL AND SOUTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISHES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE PROVIDENCE BY 1245 AM CDT...
  FITLER BY 1250 AM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3293 9116 3272 9096 3254 9136 3254 9145
      3255 9145 3257 9143 3259 9144 3259 9152
      3265 9157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 239DEG 33KT 3271 9124

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	45 min
Mar 27, 10:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	42 min
Mar 27, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	61 min
Mar 27, 11:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	46 min
Mar 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	46 min
Mar 28, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll	43 min
Mar 28, 3:54 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more	15 hr
Mar 27, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	47 min
Mar 27, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	25 min
Mar 27, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	22 min
Mar 27, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	56 min
Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	61 min
Mar 27, 8:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	8 hr
Mar 27, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	43 min
Mar 27, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	45 min
Mar 27, 8:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	90 min
Mar 27, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	8 hr
Mar 27, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	49 min
Mar 27, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	36 min
Mar 27, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	61 min
Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	55 min
Mar 27, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	15 min
Mar 27, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	59 min
Mar 27, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	6 hr
Mar 27, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	55 min
Mar 27, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	23 min
Mar 27, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	29 min
Mar 27, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	61 min
Mar 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	12 min
Mar 28, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	43 min
Mar 28, 12:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	115 min
Mar 28, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	42 min
Mar 28, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	48 min
Mar 28, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	27 min
Mar 28, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	44 min
Mar 28, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	25 min
Mar 28, 1:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	2 hr
Mar 28, 2:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	88 min
Mar 28, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	42 min
Mar 28, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	25 min
Mar 28, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	34 min
Mar 28, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	42 min
Mar 28, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton	58 min
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	30 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	40 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	64 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	29 min
Mar 28, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	11 hr
Mar 28, 2:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	20 hr
Mar 28, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	3 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.