Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2012, 5:11 PM CST for Leflore County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
- Feb 1, 2012, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 5:16 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Drew, MS | 2 HOMES WITH ROOF DMG AND A OUTBUILDING WAS BLOWN AWAY ALONG DREW-MERIGOLD RD. |
| Feb 1, 5:30 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Wnw Minter City, MS | PENNY SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND |
| Feb 1, 5:35 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Minter City, MS | A FEW POWER LINES AND POWER POLES DOWN BETWEEN MINTER CITY AND SCHLATER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
686
WFUS54 KJAN 012311
TORJAN
MSC083-133-020000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0015.120201T2311Z-120202T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
511 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PARCHMAN...DREW...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 511 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DREW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROME...MINTER CITY...SUNNYSIDE AND MONEY
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 IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 9044 3382 9044 3382 9020 3380 9018
3378 9017 3376 9019 3375 9028 3372 9031
3370 9027 3374 9024 3372 9013 3368 9013
3365 9010 3356 9010 3377 9066 3399 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 294DEG 43KT 3385 9061
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
162
WWUS54 KJAN 012334
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
534 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
MSC133-012344-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120202T0000Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-
534 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3378 9017 3376 9019 3375 9028 3374 9031
3372 9031 3370 9027 3374 9024 3372 9013
3368 9013 3365 9010 3356 9010 3369 9045
3381 9045 3382 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 294DEG 43KT 3374 9031
$$
MSC083-020000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120202T0000Z/
LEFLORE MS-
534 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LEFLORE COUNTY...
AT 534 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MINTER CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SUNNYSIDE AND MONEY
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 IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3378 9017 3376 9019 3375 9028 3374 9031
3372 9031 3370 9027 3374 9024 3372 9013
3368 9013 3365 9010 3356 9010 3369 9045
3381 9045 3382 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 294DEG 43KT 3374 9031
$$
BYB065
WWUS54 KJAN 020003
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
MSC083-020014-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120202T0000Z/
LEFLORE MS-
603 PM CST WED FEB 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3378 9017 3376 9019 3375 9028 3374 9031
3372 9031 3370 9027 3374 9024 3372 9013
3368 9013 3365 9010 3356 9010 3369 9045
3381 9045 3382 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 294DEG 43KT 3374 9031
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 54 min |
| Feb 1, 4:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Feb 1, 5:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 30 min |
| Feb 1, 6:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Feb 1, 6:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 31 min |
| Feb 1, 7:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 31 min |
| Feb 1, 9:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 48 min |
| Feb 1, 10:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 30 min |
| Feb 1, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 57 min |
| Feb 1, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 1, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 62 min |
| Feb 1, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 23 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.