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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 2021East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT for East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 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
Mar 30, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

234 
WUUS54 KJAN 310000
SVRJAN
ARC017-LAC035-123-310100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0060.210331T0000Z-210331T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
700 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Chicot County in southeastern Arkansas...
  North central East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana...
  Northern West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oak Grove, or
  15 miles west of Lake Providence, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Oak Grove, Millikin, Goodwill, Shelburn, Gassoway, Kilbourne and
  Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3285 9157 3289 9150 3294 9148 3297 9144
      3301 9144 3301 9146 3304 9146 3312 9140
      3302 9116 3299 9117 3298 9114 3299 9110
      3296 9113 3298 9116 3297 9119 3293 9121
      3291 9119 3275 9137 3277 9160 3278 9160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 225DEG 21KT 3280 9146 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL
1 follow-up statement
404 
WWUS54 KJAN 310043
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
743 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

ARC017-LAC123-310053-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-210331T0100Z/
Chicot AR-West Carroll LA-
743 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT COUNTY IN
SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISHES IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3300 9124 3300 9117 3299 9117 3298 9114
      3299 9110 3296 9113 3297 9114 3299 9118
      3296 9120 3295 9120 3293 9121 3290 9120
      3289 9121 3283 9128 3284 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 238DEG 20KT 3293 9123 

$$

LAC035-310100-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-210331T0100Z/
East Carroll LA-
743 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL EAST CARROLL PARISH...

At 743 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Millikin, or 8 
miles north of Lake Providence, moving northeast at 25 mph. In 
addition, a Tornado Warning remains in effect for this area.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Shelburn, Gassoway and Millikin. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3300 9124 3300 9117 3299 9117 3298 9114
      3299 9110 3296 9113 3297 9114 3299 9118
      3296 9120 3295 9120 3293 9121 3290 9120
      3289 9121 3283 9128 3284 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 238DEG 20KT 3293 9123 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll47 min
Mar 30, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMorehouse44 min
Mar 31, 2:57 AM CDTWind AdvisoryJANCatahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more17 hr
Mar 31, 7:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWest Carroll27 min
Mar 30, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley41 min
Mar 31, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot26 min
Mar 31, 4:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot57 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.