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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

August 10, 1986Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 1986, 5:08 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1986, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 1986, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 5:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Jones, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 12:00Z on 1986-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 791 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1986-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 102208 RRA
TORMEI
MSC067-102315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
508 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JONES


  AT     400 PM LAUREL PPLICE DEPARTMENT  REPORTED UNCONFIRMED
  TORNADO IN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI IN JONES COUNTY MOVIN2G EAST 15 MPH

  RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER
  IMMEDIATELY.  THIS STORM HAS ALREADY BLOWN DOWN TREES AND PRODUCED
  STRONG WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH....

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWayne34 min
Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.