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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 4:08 PM CST for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 3, 2000, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2000, 4:55 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Simpson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendenhall, MS | A few trees were blown down. |
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.
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, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 032211 TORJAN MSC127-032255- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 408 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SIMPSON COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 455 PM CST * AT 408 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENDENHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR THE MENDENHALL AREA BY 430 PM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHERp LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 82
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 50 min |
| Jan 3, 11:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 3:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Jan 3, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 3:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Jan 3, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Jan 3, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 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.