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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS

February 13, 2000Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2000, 6:37 PM CST for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2000, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Kemper County, MS

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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°0°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 140040
TORJAN
MSC069-140100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 637 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF DE KALB...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
  PHILADELPHIA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.r

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR DE KALB AT 650 PM CST

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, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.