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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS

April 23, 2000Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2000, 10:47 PM CDT for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 23, 2000, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 10:55 PM CDTHail 0.75Natchez, MS
Apr 23, 11:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindKingston, MSSeveral trees and powerlines 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
Apr 23, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2000-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2000-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 396 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
517 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 240347
TORJAN
MSC001-240430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1047 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHEZ...OR ABOUT OVER FERRIDAY...
  MOVING EAST AT 3"5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR NATCHEZ AT 1100 PM CDT

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
Apr 23, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson48 min
Apr 23, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin44 min
Apr 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah45 min
Apr 24, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln34 min
Apr 24, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah30 min
Apr 24, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson39 min
Apr 24, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion51 min
Apr 24, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson30 min
Apr 24, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones, Smith42 min
Apr 24, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar33 min
Apr 24, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest45 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.