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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 1986, 12:39 PM CST for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 12, 1986, 12:39 PM CST (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1986, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Clarke, MS | |
| Mar 12, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Lauderdale, MS | |
| Mar 12, 1:06 PM CST | Tornado F4 | Lauderdale, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 121839 TORMEI MSC023-075-121930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1239 PM CST WED MAR 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...CLARKE AND LAUDERDALE AT 1235 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI MO*VING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT ALREADY HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER. PERSONS IN THE THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 8:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 9:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 9:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 9:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Walthall | 55 min |
| Mar 12, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 12:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 86 min |
| Mar 12, 1:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones, Wayne | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.