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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS

May 27, 2000Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 8:01 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindDurant, MSSeveral large limbs 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2000-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2184 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

160 
WFUS54 KJAN 280102
TORJAN
MSC051-280130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
801 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS.

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Leflore45 min
May 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery24 min
May 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster24 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington59 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Holmes, Yazoo43 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha43 min
May 27, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha26 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee49 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston49 min
May 27, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes46 min
May 27, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton34 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.