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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 2012Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:30 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 7:01 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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
Mar 2, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1699 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.4
Supercell composite: 9.6

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The text

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

281 
WFUS54 KJAN 030030
TORJAN
MSC035-030115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0024.120303T0030Z-120303T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
630 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 631 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  MCLAURIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MCLAURIN BY 650 PM CST...
  SUNRISE BY 700 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3112 8935 3127 8935 3136 8915 3136 8914
      3134 8913 3116 8914 3115 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 247DEG 30KT 3116 8943

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

799 
WWUS54 KJAN 030101
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
701 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

MSC035-030112-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120303T0115Z/
FORREST MS-
701 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FORREST COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3112 8935 3127 8935 3136 8915 3136 8914
      3134 8913 3116 8914 3115 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 247DEG 30KT 3126 8915

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 6:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar	45 min
Mar 2, 6:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo	57 min
Mar 2, 6:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	44 min
Mar 2, 6:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo	74 min
Mar 2, 6:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	46 min
Mar 2, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	66 min
Mar 2, 6:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	24 min
Mar 2, 6:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	55 min
Mar 2, 6:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	29 min
Mar 2, 7:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	11 min
Mar 2, 7:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	37 min
Mar 2, 7:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	22 min
Mar 2, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Montgomery	41 min
Mar 2, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	24 min
Mar 2, 7:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	64 min
Mar 2, 7:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	52 min
Mar 2, 7:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	49 min
Mar 2, 7:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	35 min
Mar 2, 8:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	39 min
Mar 2, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	51 min
Mar 2, 8:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	25 min
Mar 2, 8:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	56 min
Mar 2, 8:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	66 min
Mar 2, 8:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	30 min
Mar 2, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	45 min
Mar 2, 9:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	24 min
Mar 2, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds	43 min
Mar 2, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	29 min
Mar 2, 9:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	31 min
Mar 2, 9:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Newton	28 min
Mar 2, 10:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	47 min
Mar 2, 10:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	29 min
Mar 2, 11:10 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	2 hr
Mar 2, 11:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Smith	88 min
Mar 2, 11:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	72 min
Mar 3, 4:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.