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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

December 31, 2010Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 31, 2010, 6:22 PM CST for Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 53 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
Dec 31, 2010, 6:22 PM CST (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2010, 7:15 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-01-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

109 
WUUS54 KJAN 010022
SVRJAN
LAC083-123-010115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0002.110101T0022Z-110101T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
622 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...START...RAYVILLE...MANGHAM...
  SOUTHWESTERN WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 622 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ARCHIBALD...HOLLY RIDGE...DELHI...WARDEN AND DARNELL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3241 9199 3258 9181 3256 9175 3262 9170
      3263 9165 3272 9162 3280 9153 3263 9139
      3259 9144 3250 9148 3241 9148 3239 9169
      3234 9172 3234 9175 3227 9177 3219 9183
      3217 9197 3220 9201 3227 9200 3228 9204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 230DEG 42KT 3236 9185

$$

COHEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll56 min
Dec 31, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland62 min
Dec 31, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, West Carroll33 min
Dec 31, 9:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll3 hr
Dec 31, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.