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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 8:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Meadville, MS | POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN OLDENBURG. |
| Feb 15, 8:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Meadville, MS | SEVERAL 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.
- 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
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
$$
JA1 follow-up statement
551
WWUS54 KJAN 160152
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
MSC001-160202-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120216T0215Z/
ADAMS MS-
752 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3134 9117 3139 9115 3144 9115 3160 9085
3143 9072 3134 9093 3135 9098 3133 9099
3134 9102 3131 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 238DEG 35KT 3140 9109
$$
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 56 min |
| Feb 15, 7:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 30 min |
| Feb 15, 8:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 114 min |
| Feb 15, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 9:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 41 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.