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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS

January 13, 2006Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 6:34 AM CST for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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, 6:34 AM CST (12:34 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 2292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 525 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 131234
TORJAN
MSC101-131300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0004.060113T1234Z-060113T1300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 634 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEWTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE ROCK BY 645 AM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3243 8926 3226 8917 3234 8893 3258 8892

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 131248
SVSJAN

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

MSC101-131300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060113T1300Z/
NEWTON MS-
647 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR NEWTON
COUNTY...

AT 642 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE
ROCK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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

LAT...LON 3243 8926 3226 8917 3234 8893 3258 8892

$$

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, 5:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	28 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.