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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

April 7, 2006Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 5:23 PM CDT for Holmes County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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: Apr 7, 2006, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Holmes County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 7, 5:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Se Moorhead, MS	TRAINED SPOTTERS SAW LARGE TORNADO ON GROUND 7 MILES SE OF MOORHEAD
Apr 7, 5:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Greenwood, MS	REPORTED ACROSS GREENWOOD WITH HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND HOMES.
Apr 7, 6:01 PM CDT	TORNADO	Morgan City, MS	TORNADO ON THE GROUND, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
Apr 7, 6:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Itta Bena, MS	POWER POLES AND LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 7.
Apr 7, 6:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Sse Itta Bena, MS	REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 7.

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
Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 072223
TORJAN
MSC051-083-072315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0039.060407T2223Z-060407T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ITTA BENA...GREENWOOD

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ITTA BENA...OR ABOUT NEAR MOORHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 60
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ITTA BENA AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY BY 530 PM CDT...
  SIDON BY 535 PM CDT...
  GREENWOOD BY 540 PM CDT...

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 3369 9045 3326 9045 3335 9017 3358 9009
      3372 9014

$$

GARRETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 072254
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
551 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

MSC051-083-072315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-060407T2315Z/
LEFLORE MS-HOLMES MS-
551 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR HOLMES
AND LEFLORE COUNTIES...

AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO  
LOCATED NEAR MORGAN CITY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
MOORHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF ITTA BENA AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
  STATE UNIVERSITY BY 600 PM CDT
  SIDON BY 605 PM CDT
  GREENWOOD BY 610 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE SHELTER NOW

IN ADDITION...ANOTHER STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO CONTINUES 
TO TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST LEFLORE COUNTY NEAR GREENWOOD. 
THIS STORM ALSO POSES GREAT RISK AND RESIDENTS NEAR GREENWOOD SHOULD 
TAKE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3361 9045 3326 9045 3335 9017 3358 9009
      3370 9014

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	67 min
Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sunflower	65 min
Apr 7, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	37 min
Apr 7, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	46 min
Apr 7, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower	40 min
Apr 7, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	66 min
Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	65 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	47 min
Apr 7, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	57 min
Apr 7, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Grenada, Montgomery	43 min
Apr 7, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys	18 min
Apr 7, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Webster	24 min
Apr 7, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll	56 min
Apr 7, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	55 min
Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	42 min
Apr 7, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Montgomery	66 min
Apr 7, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	47 min
Apr 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	36 min
Apr 7, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Webster	56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.