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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

February 13, 2000Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2000, 5:10 PM CST for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2000, 5:10 PM CST (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2000, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 13, 5:10 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson, MS	A few trees were blown down.
Feb 13, 5:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Pearl, MS	A couple of trees were blown down. One tree fell onto the roof of a house.
Feb 13, 5:30 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Brandon, MS	The roof of a residence caved in. A few trees and large limbs 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
Feb 13, 1:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 13, 2:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 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 KJAN 132313
TORJAN
MSC049-121-132345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
510 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 510 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR RICHLAND AT 515 PM CST
  NEAR FLORENCE...FLOWOOD...PEARL AT 520 PM CST
  NEAR BRANDON AT 530 PM CST
  NEAR PELAHATCHIE AT 540 PM CST

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO..TAKE COVER
NOW!

LAT...LON 3234 9033 3216 9033 3214 8976 3236 8976

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	25 min
Feb 13, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	35 min
Feb 13, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	30 min
Feb 13, 3:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	36 min
Feb 13, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	50 min
Feb 13, 4:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	43 min
Feb 13, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	32 min
Feb 13, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	45 min
Feb 13, 5:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	37 min
Feb 13, 5:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	35 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.