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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 7:24 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2000, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 7:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurel, MS | Several 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, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 3, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 040126 TORJAN MSC067-040215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 724 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 815 PM CST * AT 724 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR LAUREL AT 730 PM CST NEAR SANDERSVILLE AT 745 PM CST 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 OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 80
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 6:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 35 min |
| Jan 3, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 46 min |
| Jan 3, 8:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 27 min |
| Jan 3, 8:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jan 3, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 27 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.