Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 12:27 AM CST for Rankin County, Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:27 AM CST (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 1:03 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Morton, MS | COUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR MORTON |
| Jan 23, 1:06 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Puckett, MS | DIME SIZE HAIL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
772 WFUS54 KJAN 230627 TORJAN MSC121-123-129-230715- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0003.120123T0627Z-120123T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1227 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STAR... SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORTON... NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 115 AM CST * AT 1227 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF STAR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CATO BY 1240 AM CST... JOHNS BY 1245 AM CST... PELAHATCHIE BY 1255 AM CST... PULASKI AND MORTON BY 105 AM CST... HOMEWOOD BY 110 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. && LAT...LON 3225 8938 3204 8983 3205 9012 3242 8968 TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 236DEG 42KT 3203 9005 $$ DHB
2 follow-up statements
446 WWUS54 KJAN 230646 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1246 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 MSC121-123-129-230715- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0715Z/ SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS- 1246 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN...SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES... AT 1246 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CATO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... POLKVILLE BY 100 AM CST... PULASKI AND MORTON BY 110 AM CST... HOMEWOOD BY 115 AM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && LAT...LON 3206 8985 3214 8997 3242 8968 3225 8938 TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 239DEG 38KT 3212 8987 $$ DHB
637
WWUS54 KJAN 230659
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
MSC121-230709-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0715Z/
RANKIN MS-
1259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3225 8938 3215 8973 3223 8973 3226 8973
3238 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 239DEG 38KT 3219 8973
$$
MSC123-129-230715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0715Z/
SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-
1259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES...
AT 1259 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POLKVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PULASKI BY 110 AM CST...
HOMEWOOD BY 115 AM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3225 8938 3215 8973 3223 8973 3226 8973
3238 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 239DEG 38KT 3219 8973
$$
DHBThe 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, 11:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 36 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, 12:39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.