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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

March 27, 2009Adams County, Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 11:36 PM CDT for Adams County, Franklin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 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
Mar 27, 2009, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2009, 11:48 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, MS, Franklin County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 11:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGRoxie, MSA COUPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN ROXIE.

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
Mar 27, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2009-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 602 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 2009-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 280436
TORJAN
MSC001-037-280500-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0039.090328T0436Z-090328T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1136 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GARDEN
  CITY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KIRBY AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMBURG BY 1155 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3134 9115 3135 9119 3137 9121 3137 9129
      3141 9133 3162 9104 3161 9097 3144 9085
      3132 9109 3133 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 233DEG 34KT 3140 9118

$$

BYB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 280448
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1148 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

MSC001-037-280459-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090328T0500Z/
FRANKLIN MS-ADAMS MS-
1148 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS AND WESTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KIRBY AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMBURG BY 1155 PM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEADVILLE BY MIDNIGHT CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3134 9115 3135 9119 3137 9121 3137 9129
      3141 9133 3162 9104 3161 9097 3144 9085
      3132 9109 3133 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 233DEG 34KT 3148 9106

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln47 min
Mar 27, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson25 min
Mar 27, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin22 min
Mar 27, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion56 min
Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion61 min
Mar 27, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln8 hr
Mar 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence43 min
Mar 27, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion45 min
Mar 27, 8:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Simpson90 min
Mar 27, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion8 hr
Mar 27, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson49 min
Mar 27, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith36 min
Mar 27, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion61 min
Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones55 min
Mar 27, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott15 min
Mar 27, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest59 min
Mar 27, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion6 hr
Mar 27, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke55 min
Mar 27, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams42 min
Mar 27, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones23 min
Mar 27, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar29 min
Mar 27, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin61 min
Mar 28, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson43 min
Mar 28, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln115 min
Mar 28, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena18 min
Mar 28, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln42 min
Mar 28, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington43 min
Mar 28, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah48 min
Mar 28, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence27 min
Mar 28, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson44 min
Mar 28, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln25 min
Mar 28, 1:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Simpson2 hr
Mar 28, 2:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln88 min
Mar 28, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence42 min
Mar 28, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington25 min
Mar 28, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith34 min
Mar 28, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper42 min
Mar 28, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale, Newton58 min
Mar 28, 3:54 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJANAdams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Grenada, Holmes and 10 more15 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANForrest30 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest40 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANForrest64 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale29 min
Mar 28, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCovington, Jones11 hr
Mar 28, 2:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClarke20 hr
Mar 28, 2:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNoxubee3 days

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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.