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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 16, 2000, 10:20 AM CST for Clay County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2000, 10:20 AM CST (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2000, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Clay County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 10:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen, MS | Several trees 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 10:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 161622 TORJAN MSC025-105-161645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1020 AM CST SAT DEC 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1045 AM CST * AT 1020 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER THE OKTIBBEHA/CLAY COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... REMAIN OVER RURAL CLAY COUNTY THIS TORNADO MAY BE 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! THIS STORM SHOWS STRONG ROTATION AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. DO NOT WAIT...GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW! PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. 64 LAT...LON 3363 8896 3350 8881 3392 8821 3409 8839
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 10:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 47 min |
| Dec 16, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 36 min |
| Dec 16, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Dec 16, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 35 min |
| Dec 16, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 32 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.