Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:43 PM CST for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:10 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marion County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
619
WFUS54 KJAN 022343
TORJAN
MSC091-030030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.120302T2343Z-120303T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
543 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANDY HOOK...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 543 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SANDY HOOK
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SANDY HOOK BY 550 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 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8976 3100 8983 3101 8984 3106 8984
3108 8986 3116 8965 3100 8966 3100 8974
3099 8975
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 239DEG 29KT 3100 8985
$$
BYB1 follow-up statement
001
WWUS54 KJAN 030010 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
610 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
MSC091-030021-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120303T0030Z/
MARION MS-
610 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3100 8976 3100 8983 3101 8984 3106 8984
3108 8986 3116 8965 3100 8966 3100 8974
3099 8975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 239DEG 29KT 3112 8962
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 1:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 1:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 2, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 3:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Mar 2, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 3:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 2, 4:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys | 67 min |
| Mar 2, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 47 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.