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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 2025Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2025, 4:23 PM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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
May 2, 2025, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2025, 5:07 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ashley County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2025-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2025-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence45 min
May 2, 10:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar37 min
May 2, 10:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery34 min
May 2, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Webster32 min
May 2, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey27 min
May 2, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Washington49 min
May 2, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington24 min
May 2, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington27 min
May 2, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington67 min
May 2, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena, Sharkey50 min
May 2, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha34 min
May 2, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha54 min
May 2, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys45 min
May 2, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes46 min
May 2, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston62 min
May 2, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada67 min
May 2, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston63 min
May 2, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren61 min
May 2, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes31 min
May 2, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren25 min
May 2, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster56 min
May 2, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Winston70 min
May 2, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke32 min
May 2, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren51 min
May 2, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster46 min
May 2, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo53 min
May 2, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne64 min
May 2, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott33 min
May 2, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale34 min
May 2, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake32 min
May 2, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Scott55 min
May 2, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes46 min
May 2, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale38 min
May 2, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake38 min
May 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison34 min
May 2, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin, Lincoln62 min
May 2, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper25 min
May 2, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Choctaw, Montgomery53 min
May 2, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster43 min
May 2, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams55 min
May 2, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster52 min
May 1, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse65 min
May 1, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse57 min
May 1, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll62 min
May 1, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANEast Carroll, West Carroll67 min
May 1, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll49 min
May 1, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJANEast Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll65 min
May 1, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse61 min
May 1, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, Richland56 min
May 1, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, Richland, West Carroll51 min
May 2, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANFranklin17 days
May 2, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWest Carroll40 min
May 2, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll62 min
May 2, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison53 min
May 2, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin, Richland40 min
May 2, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll24 min
May 1, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley53 min
May 2, 11:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley32 min
May 2, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot42 min
May 2, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley62 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.