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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2009, 7:13 PM CDT for Attala County, Choctaw County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
- May 2, 2009, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S French Camp, MS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 030013 TORJAN MSC007-019-159-030045- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0063.090503T0013Z-090503T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 713 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWEST WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST OF MCCOOL MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WEIR BY 725 PM CDT... ACKERMAN BY 745 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3334 8909 3313 8909 3313 8947 3329 8946 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 265DEG 25KT 3322 8944 $$ 40
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 030036 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 736 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 MSC007-030046- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-090503T0045Z/ ATTALA MS- 736 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3331 8931 3334 8909 3313 8909 3313 8931 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 262DEG 23KT 3324 8926 $$ MSC019-159-030045- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-090503T0045Z/ CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS- 736 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL WINSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEIR MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF WALNUTS IS ALSO LIKELY. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ACKERMAN BY 745 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3331 8931 3334 8909 3313 8909 3313 8931 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 262DEG 23KT 3324 8926 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 39 min |
| May 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 37 min |
| May 2, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 54 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 51 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 51 min |
| May 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 31 min |
| May 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 58 min |
| May 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 44 min |
| May 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 60 min |
| May 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 54 min |
| May 2, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 50 min |
| May 2, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 49 min |
| May 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Winston | 26 min |
| May 2, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 42 min |
| May 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 41 min |
| May 2, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 23 min |
| May 3, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 12 more | 11 hr |
| May 3, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 36 min |
| May 3, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Scott and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 3, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 47 min |
| May 3, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 61 min |
| May 3, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 55 min |
| May 3, 8:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 66 min |
| May 3, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 56 min |
| May 3, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 65 min |
| May 3, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 17 days |
| May 3, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren | 63 min |
| May 3, 10:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 48 hr |
| May 3, 10:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more | 59 min |
| May 3, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 44 min |
| May 3, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 61 min |
| May 3, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 65 min |
| May 3, 11:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 3, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 66 min |
| May 3, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 46 min |
| May 3, 11:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 38 min |
| May 3, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton | 58 min |
| May 3, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 31 min |
| May 3, 12:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 2 hr |
| May 3, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 21 min |
| May 3, 12:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Webster | 12 hr |
| May 3, 12:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 9 hr |
| May 3, 12:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 9 hr |
| May 3, 12:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 9 hr |
| May 3, 1:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more | 3 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.