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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 6:55 PM CST for Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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
- Jan 25, 2012, 6:55 PM CST (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 7:28 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Copiah County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 6:55 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Rockport, MS | TREES DOWN BLOCKING THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BEASLEY RD AND HARRISON LANE RD |
| Jan 25, 7:00 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Rockport, MS | WALL CLOUD ALSO REPORTED IN THE AREA |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708
WFUS54 KJAN 260055
TORJAN
MSC029-127-260145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0013.120126T0055Z-120126T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
655 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PINOLA...MENDENHALL...
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROCKPORT
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHIVERS...UNION AND HARRISVILLE
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 3177 9034 3205 9009 3204 8975 3179 8991
3176 8998 3175 9014 3173 9020 3173 9023
3170 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 222DEG 30KT 3178 9019
$$
GRG3 follow-up statements
723
WWUS54 KJAN 260105
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
705 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
MSC029-127-260145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120126T0145Z/
SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS-
705 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL COPIAH AND SIMPSON COUNTIES...
AT 705 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKPORT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GEORGETOWN BY 710 PM CST...
SHIVERS BY 715 PM CST...
UNION BY 720 PM CST...
HARRISVILLE AND PINOLA BY 730 PM CST...
D'LO...BRAXTON AND MENDENHALL BY 745 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 9021 3185 9026 3205 9009 3204 8975
3179 8992 3176 8998 3175 9014 3173 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 223DEG 22KT 3182 9014
$$
GRG498
WWUS54 KJAN 260116
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
716 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
MSC029-127-260145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120126T0145Z/
SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS-
716 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL COPIAH AND SIMPSON COUNTIES...
AT 716 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRAXTON BY 730 PM CST...
MENDENHALL AND D'LO BY 735 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 SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 9014 3194 9017 3205 9009 3204 8975
3179 8992 3176 8998 3175 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 234DEG 32KT 3187 9002
$$
GRG726
WWUS54 KJAN 260128
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
728 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
MSC029-127-260138-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120126T0145Z/
SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS-
728 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COPIAH AND SIMPSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3187 9014 3194 9017 3205 9009 3204 8975
3179 8992 3176 8998 3175 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 223DEG 22KT 3192 9002
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 49 min |
| 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, 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.