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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Jackson, MS

June 7, 2011Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2011, 6:25 PM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 7, 2011, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1725 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

718 
WUUS54 KJAN 072325
SVRJAN
LAC067-083-080015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0421.110607T2325Z-110608T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  CENTRAL RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...START...RAYVILLE...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  RAYVILLE MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY
  RIDGE

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3251 9193 3252 9191 3257 9193 3264 9192
      3265 9159 3259 9160 3258 9158 3243 9157
      3239 9167 3238 9168 3239 9169 3237 9171
      3237 9193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 175DEG 6KT 3245 9181

$$

JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia36 min
Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Tensas52 min
Jun 7, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas53 min
Jun 7, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll34 min
Jun 7, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse32 min
Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.