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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 1:09 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 min. 3 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 1:09 PM CST (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 1:29 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 1:19 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 9 N Larto, LA | ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED WITH DAMAGE TO OTHER MOBILE HOMES AND SHEDS. TWO DOORS WERE BLOWN OFF A WAREHOUSE AND A PORCH WAS BLOWN OVER A MOBILE HOME. TREES AND LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED. ONE LARGE LIMB FELL ON A HOUSE CAUSING ROOF DAMAGE. MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WINDS 100 |
| Dec 25, 1:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Mayna, LA | REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO A BUSINESS AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TRAILERS AROUND GLADE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 124. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Dec 25, 1:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Ssw Jonesville, LA | OFF OF DELTA GIN RD. ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED WITH SEVERAL ROOFS RIPPED OFF OF BUILDINGS. STORAGE SHEDS BLOWN AWAY AND DAMAGE TO DOORS OF A WAREHOUSE. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614
WFUS54 KJAN 251909
TORJAN
LAC025-029-252015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0095.121225T1909Z-121225T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
109 PM CST TUE DEC 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...
NORTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 109 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
LARTO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LARTO BY 115 PM CST...
MAYNA AND NEW ERA BY 120 PM CST...
MONTEREY BY 130 PM CST...
FROGMORE AND DEER PARK BY 140 PM CST...
FERRIDAY AND WEST FERRIDAY BY 150 PM CST...
VIDALIA BY 155 PM CST...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3148 9201 3175 9144 3175 9138 3162 9141
3164 9150 3163 9152 3159 9149 3159 9140
3154 9144 3152 9152 3145 9152 3141 9148
3136 9150 3143 9155 3139 9158 3134 9155
3129 9186 3129 9194 3126 9200 3129 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 244DEG 41KT 3137 9202
$$
GRG1 follow-up statement
138
WWUS54 KJAN 251929
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
129 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
LAC025-029-251939-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-121225T2015Z/
CONCORDIA LA-CATAHOULA LA-
129 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATAHOULA AND NORTHERN
CONCORDIA PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3148 9201 3175 9144 3175 9138 3162 9141
3164 9150 3163 9152 3159 9149 3159 9140
3154 9144 3152 9152 3145 9152 3141 9148
3136 9150 3143 9155 3139 9158 3134 9155
3129 9186 3129 9194 3126 9200 3129 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 244DEG 41KT 3147 9178
$$
GRGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 5:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 25, 11:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 56 min |
| Dec 25, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 38 min |
| Dec 25, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 41 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.