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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS

February 13, 2000Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2000, 6:25 PM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
Feb 13, 2000, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Neshoba County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 13, 6:30 PM CSTThunderstorm WindPhiladelphia, MSThe roof of a mobile home was ripped off and destroyed. The roof of a shed was ripped away and blown into the windshield of a car. Numerous trees were blown down.
Feb 13, 6:35 PM CSTThunderstorm WindPhiladelphia, MSThe roof of a shed was damaged. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 13, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 552 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 140029
TORJAN
MSC099-140100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 625 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF PHILADELPHIA...MOVING EAST AT
  45 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL CR>OSS HIGHWAY 19 AND APPROACH DEWEESE BY 645 PM.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 6:37 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper23 min
Feb 13, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee33 min
Feb 14, 9:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena63 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.