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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 2012Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:33 PM CST for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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
Mar 2, 2012, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 4:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Morehouse Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 3:53 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Bastrop, LATREES DOWN ACROSS A ROAD
Mar 2, 3:53 PM CSTHAIL 15 Ne Bastrop, LA

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 1:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1243 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 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 327 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
1243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

284 
WUUS54 KJAN 022133
SVRJAN
LAC067-022215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0072.120302T2133Z-120302T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
333 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASTROP...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 332 PM CST...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 7 MILES
  WEST OF BASTROP MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BASTROP BY 340 PM CST...
  BEEKMAN BY 345 PM CST...
  GALION BY 350 PM CST...
  JONES BY 400 PM CST...

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 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9164 3300 9144 3299 9145 3298 9144
      3294 9148 3289 9150 3288 9154 3285 9157
      3279 9160 3269 9205 3270 9206 3276 9207
      3280 9206 3287 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 252DEG 42KT 3279 9201

$$

DHB
1 follow-up statement
258 
WWUS54 KJAN 022153
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
353 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

LAC067-022215-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120302T2215Z/
MOREHOUSE LA-
353 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH...

AT 353 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GALION MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BONITA AND JONES BY 400 PM CST...

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 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9164 3300 9144 3299 9145 3298 9144
      3294 9148 3289 9150 3288 9155 3285 9158
      3279 9160 3274 9189 3292 9189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 252DEG 42KT 3286 9173

$$

DHB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:18 AM CSTWind AdvisoryJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll13 hr
Mar 2, 2:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse72 min
Mar 2, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll43 min
Mar 2, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll53 min
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll49 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Richland43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.