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Tornado Warning 100, NWS Jackson, MS

December 25, 2012Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:01 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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: Dec 25, 2012, 4:01 PM CST (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST	TORNADO 1	1 Se Ovett, MS	NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 105MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100YDS. NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH. A SINGLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME HAD PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE. A SMALL BA
Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST	TORNADO	4 W Ovett, MS	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG OVETT-MOSELLE ROAD. A CAMPER WAS ROLLED OVER.

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
Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

965 
WFUS54 KJAN 252201
TORJAN
MSC067-252230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0100.121225T2201Z-121225T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
401 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 402 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF OVETT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8915 3144 8917 3147 8919 3164 8894
      3163 8893 3144 8894 3143 8895 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 239DEG 46KT 3146 8909

$$

DHB

2 follow-up statements

440 
WWUS54 KJAN 252205
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
405 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC067-252230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0100.000000T0000Z-121225T2230Z/
JONES MS-
405 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY...

AT 406 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OVETT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8915 3144 8917 3147 8919 3164 8894
      3163 8893 3144 8894 3143 8895 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 239DEG 41KT 3147 8905

$$

DHB

063 
WWUS54 KJAN 252214
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
414 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC067-252230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0100.000000T0000Z-121225T2230Z/
JONES MS-
414 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY...

AT 414 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OVETT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3160 8894 3144 8894 3143 8895 3144 8906
      3154 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 240DEG 40KT 3151 8896

$$

DHB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 5:03 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 27 more	25 hr
Dec 25, 6:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	39 min
Dec 25, 7:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	31 min
Dec 25, 7:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	11 days
Dec 25, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	10 days
Dec 25, 9:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	26 hr
Dec 25, 10:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	9 hr
Dec 25, 10:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison, Rankin	26 min
Dec 25, 11:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	4 hr
Dec 25, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	42 min
Dec 25, 1:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	43 min
Dec 25, 1:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	38 min
Dec 25, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	50 min
Dec 25, 1:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	41 min
Dec 25, 1:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	29 min
Dec 25, 1:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	50 min
Dec 25, 1:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	3 hr
Dec 25, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	43 min
Dec 25, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	51 min
Dec 25, 2:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	42 min
Dec 25, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	40 min
Dec 25, 2:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Dec 25, 2:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	34 min
Dec 25, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	23 min
Dec 25, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	52 min
Dec 25, 2:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	2 hr
Dec 25, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	46 min
Dec 25, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	13 min
Dec 25, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	50 min
Dec 25, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	43 min
Dec 25, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence	34 min
Dec 25, 3:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Winston	47 min
Dec 25, 3:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	23 min
Dec 25, 3:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	56 min
Dec 25, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	54 min
Dec 25, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	33 min
Dec 25, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	38 min
Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	65 min
Dec 25, 4:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	13 min
Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	38 min
Dec 25, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	35 min
Dec 25, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	57 min
Dec 25, 4:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	26 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	41 min
Dec 25, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	59 min
Dec 25, 4:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	25 min
Dec 25, 4:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton and 2 more	105 min
Dec 25, 4:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	100 min
Dec 25, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	66 min
Dec 25, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	33 min
Dec 25, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	61 min
Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	17 min

Nearby

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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.