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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2013, 8:43 PM CST for Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 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
- Jan 29, 2013, 8:43 PM CST (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2013, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 62 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), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 9:18 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Oak Ridge, LA | TREES DOWN E OF OAK RIDGE |
| Jan 29, 9:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Collinston, LA | REPORTS OF A TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 554 SOUTHEAST OF BASTROP. |
| Jan 29, 9:53 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Mer Rouge, LA | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084
WFUS54 KJAN 300243
TORJAN
LAC067-083-300345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0009.130130T0243Z-130130T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
843 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
WESTERN RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...START...RAYVILLE...
* UNTIL 945 PM CST
* AT 843 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUCKNER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BUCKNER BY 850 PM CST...
ALTO BY 855 PM CST...
START AND RAYVILLE BY 905 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 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3239 9201 3252 9191 3259 9194 3265 9194
3283 9180 3273 9161 3271 9164 3268 9162
3267 9164 3266 9159 3258 9159 3258 9155
3219 9200 3227 9200 3230 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 217DEG 51KT 3227 9208
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
458
WWUS54 KJAN 300301
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
901 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
LAC067-083-300345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130130T0345Z/
RICHLAND LA-MOREHOUSE LA-
901 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MOREHOUSE AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND PARISHES...
AT 900 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A PROBABLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF START MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
START BY 905 PM CST...
RAYVILLE BY 910 PM CST...
OAK RIDGE BY 915 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3258 9157 3231 9197 3239 9201 3252 9191
3257 9193 3280 9175 3273 9162 3271 9164
3268 9162 3267 9164 3266 9159 3258 9159
3258 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 221DEG 48KT 3244 9192
$$
BYB231
WWUS54 KJAN 300336
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
936 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
LAC067-083-300346-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130130T0345Z/
RICHLAND LA-MOREHOUSE LA-
936 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOREHOUSE AND NORTHWESTERN
RICHLAND PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3258 9157 3231 9197 3239 9201 3252 9191
3257 9193 3280 9175 3273 9162 3271 9164
3268 9162 3267 9164 3266 9159 3258 9159
3258 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 221DEG 48KT 3280 9154
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 8:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 29 min |
| Jan 29, 8:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 58 min |
| Jan 29, 9:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll | 38 min |
| Jan 29, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 63 min |
| Jan 29, 9:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 40 min |
| Jan 29, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Richland | 42 min |
| Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 42 min |
| Jan 29, 11:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 11:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 87 min |
| Jan 30, 12:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 87 min |
| Jan 30, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 95 min |
| Jan 30, 4:31 AM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 13 hr |
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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.