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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Natchez, MS | |
| Apr 23, 11:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingston, MS | Several 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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! 74
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Simpson | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 45 min |
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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.