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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2009, 4:03 PM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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 4, 2009, 4:03 PM CST (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2009, 4:27 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:12 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 3 W Pocahontas, MS | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 22 WEST OF POCAHONTAS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 042203 TORJAN MSC049-089-042245- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.090104T2203Z-090104T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 403 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 404 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BROWNSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... POCAHONTAS BY 440 PM CST... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANNANDALE BY 445 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...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 3252 9015 3236 9019 3242 9050 3250 9048 TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 271DEG 12KT 3244 9043 $$ CAW
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KJAN 042219 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 419 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2009 MSC049-089-042245- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T2245Z/ HINDS MS-MADISON MS- 419 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTIES... AT 419 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... POCAHONTAS AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANNANDALE BY 445 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3252 9015 3239 9019 3244 9044 3250 9042 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 262DEG 14KT 3246 9039 $$ CAW
000 WWUS54 KJAN 042227 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 427 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2009 MSC049-089-042237- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T2245Z/ HINDS MS-MADISON MS- 427 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3252 9015 3239 9019 3244 9044 3250 9042 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 262DEG 14KT 3246 9035 $$ CAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 51 min |
| Jan 4, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 38 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.