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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS

October 16, 2006Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 7:27 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2006, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 16, 8:00 PM CDTTORNADO 111 Ssw Lexington, MSTRACK STARTED NORTH OF THORTON AND EXTENDED 6 MILES TO TOLARVILLE. MAX WIDTH OF THE TRACK WAS 50 YARDS. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED. HOUSE HAD SHINGLE DAMAGE.
Oct 16, 8:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWest, MSNUMEROUS TREES DOWN CITYWIDE IN WEST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 16, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2006-10-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2006-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 536 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
536 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
751 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 170027
TORJAN
MSC051-170115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0101.061017T0027Z-061017T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
727 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DURANT

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTH
  OF TCHULA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEXINGTON BY 750 PM CDT
  DURANT BY 800 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3322 8976 3290 8995 3293 9002 3295 9012
      3305 9036 3308 9036 3315 9031 3323 9029
      3334 9014

$$

GARRETT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 170041
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
741 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

MSC051-170115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-061017T0115Z/
HOLMES MS-
741 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR HOLMES
COUNTY...

AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
TCHULA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEXINGTON BY 750 PM CDT
  DURANT BY 800 PM CDT
  WEST BY 810 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3322 8976 3290 8995 3293 9002 3295 9012
      3303 9034 3315 9031 3323 9029 3334 9015

$$

GARRETT
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 170052
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

MSC051-170115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-061017T0115Z/
HOLMES MS-
752 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR HOLMES
COUNTY...

AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF DURANT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DURANT BY 805 PM CDT
  WEST BY 810 PM CDT

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3322 8976 3290 8995 3293 9002 3297 9020
      3315 9031 3323 9029 3334 9015

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo13 min
Oct 16, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes46 min
Oct 16, 8:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Yazoo6 hr
Oct 16, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams39 min
Oct 16, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery34 min
Oct 16, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren33 min
Oct 16, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes34 min
Oct 16, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne32 min
Oct 16, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams37 min
Oct 16, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo50 min
Oct 16, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson43 min
Oct 16, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin6 hr
Oct 16, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson45 min
Oct 16, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds38 min
Oct 16, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala4 hr
Oct 16, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison51 min
Oct 16, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala44 min
Oct 16, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster55 min
Oct 16, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin49 min
Oct 16, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln44 min
Oct 16, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison35 min
Oct 17, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake45 min
Oct 17, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson50 min
Oct 17, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith35 min
Oct 17, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion45 min
Oct 17, 3:02 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion43 min
Oct 17, 3:35 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.