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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS

January 25, 2012Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 6:11 PM CST for Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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: Jan 25, 2012, 6:11 PM CST (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
Jan 25, 6:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Brookhaven, MS	POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ALONG NEW SIGHT DR

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
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

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

154 
WFUS54 KJAN 260011
TORJAN
MSC085-260100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0012.120126T0011Z-120126T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
611 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 612 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOGUE
  CHITTO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ENTERPRISE

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 CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 9059 3170 9043 3170 9041 3169 9041
      3169 9038 3170 9037 3170 9026 3171 9025
      3171 9024 3156 9024 3134 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 217DEG 35KT 3146 9047

$$

GRG

4 follow-up statements

820 
WWUS54 KJAN 260018
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
618 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

MSC085-260100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120126T0100Z/
LINCOLN MS-
618 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR EASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ENTERPRISE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROOKHAVEN BY 625 PM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3151 9054 3169 9043 3170 9041 3169 9041
      3169 9038 3170 9037 3170 9026 3171 9024
      3156 9024 3141 9039
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 217DEG 35KT 3150 9042

$$

GRG

841 
WWUS54 KJAN 260024
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
624 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

MSC085-260100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120126T0100Z/
LINCOLN MS-
624 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR EASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 624 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ENTERPRISE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROOKHAVEN

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 CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 9051 3161 9048 3169 9042 3169 9041
      3169 9038 3170 9037 3170 9026 3171 9024
      3156 9024 3143 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 231DEG 28KT 3150 9039

$$

GRG

799 
WWUS54 KJAN 260036
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
636 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

MSC085-260100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120126T0100Z/
LINCOLN MS-
636 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 636 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 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 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3161 9048 3169 9042 3169 9041 3169 9038
      3170 9037 3170 9026 3171 9024 3157 9025
      3154 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 219DEG 32KT 3159 9031

$$

GRG

864 
WWUS54 KJAN 260053
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
653 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

MSC085-260104-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120126T0100Z/
LINCOLN MS-
653 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3161 9048 3169 9042 3169 9041 3169 9038
      3170 9037 3170 9026 3171 9024 3157 9025
      3154 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 219DEG 32KT 3171 9019

$$

BK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 6:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	25 min
Jan 25, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	42 min
Jan 25, 6:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Franklin	31 min
Jan 25, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	33 min
Jan 25, 7:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	44 min
Jan 25, 7:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	37 min
Jan 25, 10:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha	58 min
Jan 25, 11:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	28 min
Jan 26, 1:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	29 min
Jan 26, 6:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar, Marion	31 min
Jan 26, 7:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	27 min
Jan 26, 7:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	47 min
Jan 26, 7:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	19 min
Jan 26, 8:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	19 min
Jan 26, 8:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	29 min
Jan 26, 8:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	115 min
Jan 26, 8:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	49 min
Jan 26, 9:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	40 min
Jan 26, 3:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Lauderdale	3 hr
Jan 26, 4:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	32 min

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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.