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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 13, 2006Attala County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 5:02 AM CST for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2006, 5:02 AM CST (11:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 5:30 AM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Attala County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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.

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 131102
TORJAN
MSC007-131130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0003.060113T1102Z-060113T1130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 502 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  KOSCIUSKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ETHEL BY 510 AM CST
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOOL BY 520 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 3302 8967 3293 8954 3299 8934 3329 8931
      3329 8941

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 131118
SVSJAN

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

MSC007-131130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060113T1130Z/
ATTALA MS-
518 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR ATTALA
COUNTY...

AT 515 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
MCCOOL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOOL BY 525 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3315 8944 3300 8946 3299 8934 3329 8931

$$

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, 4:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	21 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.