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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 13, 2006Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 4:04 AM CST for Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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: Jan 13, 2006, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 4:25 AM CST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, MS, Montgomery County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 13, 4:05 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Blackhawk, MS	A FEW TREESBLOWN DOWN AND POWER OUT.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 2:14 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 131003
TORJAN
MSC015-097-131045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.060113T1004Z-060113T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
404 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA

* UNTIL 445 AM CST

* AT 404 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  BLACKHAWK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF DURANT...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VAIDEN BY 415 AM CST
  WINONA BY 425 AM CST
  KILMICHAEL BY 430 AM CST

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 3332 9005 3324 8979 3342 8946 3347 8951
      3368 8951 3368 8963

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 131025
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
424 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

MSC015-097-131034-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060113T1045Z/
CARROLL MS-MONTGOMERY MS-
424 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY AND CARROLL COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS DISSIPATED.

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY 
MORNING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3332 9005 3324 8979 3342 8946 3347 8951
      3368 8951 3368 8963

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 1:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	36 min
Jan 13, 3:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	34 min
Jan 13, 3:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	32 min
Jan 13, 5:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	28 min
Jan 13, 6:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	26 min
Jan 13, 6:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	39 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.