Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2012, 11:54 PM CST for Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2012, 11:54 PM CST (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 36 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
433 WFUS54 KJAN 230554 TORJAN MSC029-127-230630- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.120123T0554Z-120123T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1154 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAZLEHURST... NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1230 AM CST * AT 1154 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARTINSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GALLMAN BY MIDNIGHT CST... HOPEWELL BY 1210 AM CST... HARRISVILLE BY 1215 AM 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 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3185 9051 3205 9025 3204 8984 3178 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 236DEG 48KT 3184 9040 $$ DHB
2 follow-up statements
045 WWUS54 KJAN 230604 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1204 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 MSC029-127-230630- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0630Z/ SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS- 1204 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN COPIAH AND NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTIES... AT 1204 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOPEWELL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOPEWELL BY 1215 AM CST... HARRISVILLE BY 1225 AM CST... BRAXTON BY 1230 AM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3188 9039 3205 9025 3204 8984 3182 9034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 238DEG 37KT 3188 9031 $$ DHB
423 WWUS54 KJAN 230619 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1219 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 MSC029-127-230630- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0630Z/ SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS- 1219 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN COPIAH AND NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTIES... AT 1219 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF HARRISVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRAXTON BY 1230 AM 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 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3197 9024 3205 9017 3204 8984 3193 9015 TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 236DEG 40KT 3198 9014 $$ DHB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 39 min |
| Jan 22, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 54 min |
| Jan 22, 10:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 44 min |
| Jan 22, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 11:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 11:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 11:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 11:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 11:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 41 min |
| Jan 22, 11:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 61 min |
| Jan 23, 12:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 12:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 12:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 51 min |
| Jan 23, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 61 min |
| Jan 23, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Leflore | 42 min |
| Jan 23, 12:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 49 min |
| Jan 23, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 33 min |
| Jan 23, 1:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 58 min |
| Jan 23, 1:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 1:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 2:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 12 min |
| Jan 23, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 65 min |
| Jan 23, 2:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton | 61 min |
| Jan 23, 2:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 2:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 40 min |
| Jan 23, 2:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 39 min |
| Jan 23, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 51 min |
| Jan 23, 2:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 33 min |
| Jan 23, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 13 min |
| Jan 23, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 49 min |
| Jan 23, 3:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 3:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 16 min |
| Jan 23, 4:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lauderdale and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jan 23, 5:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 19 min |
| Jan 23, 5:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 18 min |
| Jan 23, 5:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 19 min |
| Jan 23, 6:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.