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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- May 27, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, MS, Leflore County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Numerous trees and power lines 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875 WFUS54 KJAN 280002 TORJAN MSC015-083-280045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 700 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD WITH TREES DOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR NORTH CARROLLTON AT 745 PM CDT MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT SAFE 59
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 59 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Yazoo | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| May 27, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 26 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 46 min |
| May 27, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 34 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.