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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Jackson, MS

November 5, 2024Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2024, 10:53 AM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2024, 10:53 AM CST (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 911 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 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
911 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 1:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne27 min
Nov 5, 3:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah39 min
Nov 5, 4:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin67 min
Nov 5, 11:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse79 min
Nov 5, 11:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula38 min
Nov 5, 12:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANConcordia23 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.