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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

April 7, 2006Carroll County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 10:21 PM CDT for Carroll County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 7, 2006, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 10:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.757 W Carrollton, MSHAIL UP TO PENNY SIZED IN RURAL AREAS WEST OF CARROLLTON. RELAYED THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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
Apr 7, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2006-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 824 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 2006-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
824 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 080320
TORJAN
MSC015-080400-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0049.060408T0321Z-060408T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1021 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES WEST OF
  NORTH CARROLLTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ITTA BENA...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NORTH CARROLLTON BY 1040 PM CDT...
  9 MILES NORTH OF VAIDEN BY 1050 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 3368 8979 3344 8979 3341 8966 3331 8966
      3331 8969 3323 8974 3335 9016 3342 9016
      3348 9009 3364 9010 3367 9009

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 080344
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1044 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

MSC015-080400-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060408T0400Z/
CARROLL MS-
1044 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CARROLL
COUNTY...

AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARROLLTON...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF I-55 EXIT 195 HWY 404 AT DUCK HILL BY 1055 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 3368 8979 3344 8979 3341 8966 3331 8966
      3331 8969 3323 8974 3335 9016 3342 9016
      3348 9009 3364 9010 3367 9009

$$

GARRETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington52 min
Apr 7, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower49 min
Apr 7, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada24 min
Apr 7, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar47 min
Apr 7, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower, Washington61 min
Apr 7, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower23 min
Apr 7, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeflore49 min
Apr 7, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada66 min
Apr 7, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys11 min
Apr 7, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery, Webster55 min
Apr 7, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll15 min
Apr 7, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay44 min
Apr 7, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha41 min
Apr 7, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha31 min
Apr 7, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes49 min
Apr 8, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee44 min
Apr 8, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena48 min
Apr 8, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee49 min
Apr 8, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey47 min
Apr 8, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton57 min
Apr 8, 1:13 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee32 min
Apr 8, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren35 min
Apr 8, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale49 min
Apr 8, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds49 min
Apr 8, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper33 min
Apr 8, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison54 min
Apr 8, 4:12 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJANAdams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 14 more17 hr

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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.