Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 85, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2009, 3:35 PM CDT for Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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
- May 10, 2009, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2009, 4:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Madison Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 102035
TORJAN
LAC065-102130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0085.090510T2035Z-090510T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLULAH...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TENDAL
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TALLULAH AND MANSFORD BY 430 PM 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 GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 9114 3242 9106 3232 9108 3232 9138
3247 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 259DEG 9KT 3237 9134
$$
CME2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 102100
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
LAC065-102130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-090510T2130Z/
MADISON LA-
400 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MADISON PARISH...
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TALLULAH MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TALLULAH BY 425 PM CDT...
RICHMOND...MANSFORD AND OMEGA BY 430 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 9114 3242 9106 3232 9108 3232 9138
3247 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 259DEG 9KT 3238 9127
$$000
WWUS54 KJAN 102111
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
411 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
LAC065-102121-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-090510T2130Z/
MADISON LA-
411 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MADISON PARISH IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3252 9114 3242 9106 3232 9108 3232 9138
3247 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 259DEG 9KT 3238 9124
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 65 min |
| May 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 25 min |
| May 10, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 60 min |
| May 10, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 58 min |
| May 10, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia, Tensas | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 53 min |
| May 10, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Concordia | 64 min |
| May 10, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia | 56 min |
| May 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula | 51 min |
| May 10, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 59 min |
| May 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 80 min |
| May 10, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 47 min |
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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.