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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 20, 2010, 11:35 PM CST for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2010, 11:35 PM CST (05:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2010, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 1838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
183 WFUS54 KJAN 210535 TORJAN MSC049-121-210630- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.100121T0535Z-100121T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1135 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON... WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RICHLAND...PEARL...FLOWOOD... BRANDON... * UNTIL 1230 AM CST * AT 1135 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON BY 1140 PM CST... CLINTON BY 1145 PM CST... JACKSON...RICHLAND AND FLORENCE BY 1155 PM CST... FLOWOOD...PEARL AND MONTEREY BY 1205 AM CST... BRANDON BY 1215 AM CST... 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 HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3241 8996 3215 8995 3214 9043 3233 9040 TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 251DEG 27KT 3226 9037 $$ CME
2 follow-up statements
922 WWUS54 KJAN 210553 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1153 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010 MSC049-121-210630- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100121T0630Z/ HINDS MS-RANKIN MS- 1153 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL RANKIN AND EAST CENTRAL HINDS COUNTIES... AT 1152 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FLOWOOD BY 1205 AM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3240 9004 3230 9008 3225 9030 3235 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 237DEG 25KT 3232 9024 $$ CME
144 WWUS54 KJAN 210600 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1200 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010 MSC049-121-210611- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100121T0630Z/ HINDS MS-RANKIN MS- 1200 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RANKIN AND EAST CENTRAL HINDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3240 9004 3230 9008 3225 9030 3235 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 237DEG 25KT 3235 9018 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 57 min |
| Jan 20, 6:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 61 min |
| Jan 20, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 33 min |
| Jan 20, 8:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 116 min |
| Jan 20, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 22 min |
| Jan 20, 8:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 8:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| Jan 20, 9:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 9:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 60 min |
| Jan 20, 10:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds | 44 min |
| Jan 20, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 49 min |
| Jan 20, 11:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 119 min |
| Jan 20, 11:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 12:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Rankin, Simpson | 109 min |
| Jan 21, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 2:11 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:27 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:49 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Madison and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 60 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 8 days |
| Jan 21, 10:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 8 days |
| Jan 21, 10:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 12 days |
| Jan 21, 10:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.