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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2000, 9:58 AM CDT for Covington 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
- Apr 3, 2000, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Covington County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins, MS | Several trees were knocked down and roofing was torn off of a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
145 WFUS54 KJAN 031458 TORJAN MSC031-031545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 958 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1045 AM CDT * AT 958 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR COLLINS AT 1015 AM CDT RADAR SHOWS STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING - TAKE COVER NOW 64
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 67 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 96 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 68 min |
| Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 9:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 10:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 1:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes | 116 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes | 2 hr |
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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.