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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 2023Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2023, 6:05 AM CST for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 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 3, 2023, 6:05 AM CST (12:05 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2023, 6:34 AM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Morehouse Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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 3, 2:56 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

685 
WFUS54 KJAN 031205
TORJAN
LAC067-031300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.230103T1205Z-230103T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
605 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Morehouse Parish in northeastern Louisiana...

* Until 700 AM CST.
    
* At 605 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles west of Beekman, or 10 miles northwest of
  Bastrop, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Beekman around 620 AM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3292 9207 3295 9208 3301 9200 3301 9160
      3283 9206 3283 9207 3284 9206 3287 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1205Z 236DEG 33KT 3288 9204 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

989 
WWUS54 KJAN 031222
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
622 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

LAC067-031300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230103T1300Z/
Morehouse LA-
622 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MOREHOUSE PARISH...
    
At 621 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Beekman, or 11 miles south of Crossett, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Morehouse Parish.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3295 9197 3301 9194 3301 9173 3292 9192
      3293 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 230DEG 32KT 3298 9190 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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857 
WWUS54 KJAN 031234
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
634 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

LAC067-031243-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230103T1300Z/
Morehouse LA-
634 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MOREHOUSE PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM CST for southeastern
Arkansas...and northeastern Louisiana.

LAT...LON 3295 9197 3301 9194 3301 9173 3292 9192
      3293 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1233Z 236DEG 33KT 3305 9178 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 2, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	64 min
Jan 2, 6:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	63 min
Jan 2, 7:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	58 min
Jan 2, 7:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Morehouse	4 hr
Jan 2, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	50 min
Jan 2, 9:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	63 min
Jan 3, 6:56 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Morehouse	3 hr
Jan 3, 6:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	49 min
Jan 3, 7:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	42 min
Jan 3, 7:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	53 min
Jan 3, 7:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	42 min
Jan 3, 10:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	24 min
Jan 3, 10:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	31 min
Jan 3, 2:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	34 min
Jan 3, 2:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	48 min
Jan 3, 4:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	63 min
Jan 3, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Concordia	63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.