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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 4:11 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Jan 25, 2012, 4:11 PM CST (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 4:37 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716
WFUS54 KJAN 252211
TORJAN
LAC025-029-252300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0011.120125T2211Z-120125T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
411 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LARTO...
WEST CENTRAL CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 411 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
LARTO MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ACME...MAYNA...NEW ERA AND WILDSVILLE
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3131 9201 3150 9201 3163 9177 3121 9167
3122 9179 3126 9183 3129 9191 3128 9194
3125 9193 3124 9191 3122 9192 3123 9196
3122 9199 3128 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 255DEG 32KT 3135 9207
$$
BK1 follow-up statement
914
WWUS54 KJAN 252237
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
437 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
LAC025-029-252247-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120125T2300Z/
CONCORDIA LA-CATAHOULA LA-
437 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATAHOULA AND WEST CENTRAL
CONCORDIA PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3131 9201 3150 9201 3163 9177 3121 9167
3122 9179 3126 9183 3129 9191 3128 9194
3125 9193 3124 9191 3122 9192 3123 9196
3122 9199 3128 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 255DEG 32KT 3141 9181
$$
BKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Catahoula | 43 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.