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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

February 15, 2012Adams County, Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2012, 7:41 PM CST for Adams County, Franklin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
Feb 15, 2012, 7:41 PM CST (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2012, 8:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, MS, Franklin County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 15, 8:10 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG6 Nw Meadville, MSPOWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN OLDENBURG.
Feb 15, 8:10 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGMeadville, MSSEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE COUNTY AROUND MEADVILLE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 329 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

565 
WFUS54 KJAN 160141
TORJAN
MSC001-037-160215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0017.120216T0141Z-120216T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
741 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 741 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  GARDEN CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KIRBY BY 800 PM CST...
  BUDE BY 805 PM CST...
  NEW HOPE BY 810 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 3134 9115 3135 9121 3137 9122 3135 9128
      3136 9131 3160 9085 3143 9072 3134 9093
      3135 9098 3133 9099 3134 9102 3131 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 241DEG 45KT 3137 9118

$$

JA
1 follow-up statement
551 
WWUS54 KJAN 160152
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012

MSC001-160202-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120216T0215Z/
ADAMS MS-
752 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3134 9117 3139 9115 3144 9115 3160 9085
      3143 9072 3134 9093 3135 9098 3133 9099
      3134 9102 3131 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 238DEG 35KT 3140 9109

$$

MSC037-160215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120216T0215Z/
FRANKLIN MS-
752 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY...

AT 752 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KIRBY BY 805 PM CST...
  MEADVILLE AND BUDE BY 810 PM CST...
  NEW HOPE BY 815 PM CST...

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 3134 9117 3139 9115 3144 9115 3160 9085
      3143 9072 3134 9093 3135 9098 3133 9099
      3134 9102 3131 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 238DEG 35KT 3140 9109

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 6:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne, Jefferson, Warren56 min
Feb 15, 7:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams30 min
Feb 15, 8:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson114 min
Feb 15, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln48 min
Feb 15, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln39 min
Feb 15, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion55 min
Feb 15, 9:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Jones, Lamar41 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.