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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 2009Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2009, 11:37 AM CDT for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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 3, 2009, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2009, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jasper County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 11:41 AM CDT	TORNADO 1	3 Ne Stringer, MS	EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BEGINNING 3.1 MILES NE OF STRINGER AND ENDING 3.7 MILES NE OF STRINGER. MAX WINDS OF 105MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 0.6 MILES AND WIDTH OF 0.1 MILES. NUMEROUS LARGE PINES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

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 3, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 1741 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.4
Supercell composite: 9.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 031637
TORJAN
MSC061-031715-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0076.090503T1637Z-090503T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1137 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STRINGER
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HEIDELBERG AND PAULDING BY NOON CDT...
  STAFFORD SPRINGS BY 1205 PM CDT...
  ORANGE BY 1210 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
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3182 8893 3183 8899 3180 8932 3192 8932
      3210 8893 3210 8891 3183 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 250DEG 40KT 3183 8925

$$

OLB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 031651
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1151 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

MSC061-031715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-090503T1715Z/
JASPER MS-
1151 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY...

AT 1151 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEIDELBERG MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ORANGE BY NOON 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 
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3182 8893 3183 8899 3182 8913 3198 8917
      3210 8893 3210 8891 3183 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 253DEG 48KT 3188 8902

$$

OLB

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, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	32 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, 11:47 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.