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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2012, 7:12 AM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 5, 2012, 7:12 AM CDT (12:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:37 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Wnw Canton, MS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 2026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WFUS54 KJAN 051212 TORJAN MSC089-163-051245- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0038.120405T1212Z-120405T1245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 712 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... CENTRAL YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 745 AM CDT * AT 712 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LITTLE YAZOO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY AT 730 AM CDT RURAL EASTERN YAZOO COUNTY AT 730 AM CDT 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 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3277 9002 3260 9012 3268 9048 3280 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 277DEG 42KT 3271 9036 $$ JA
4 follow-up statements
763 WWUS54 KJAN 051219 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 719 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 MSC089-163-051245- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120405T1245Z/ MADISON MS-YAZOO MS- 719 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL YAZOO AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES... AT 716 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTLE YAZOO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAY BY 740 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3277 9002 3260 9012 3268 9048 3280 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 277DEG 42KT 3268 9037 $$
262 WWUS54 KJAN 051226 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 726 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 MSC089-163-051245- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120405T1245Z/ MADISON MS-YAZOO MS- 726 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL YAZOO AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES... AT 726 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MYRLEVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WAY BY 740 AM CDT... 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 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3266 9037 3279 9032 3277 9002 3260 9012 TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 289DEG 34KT 3263 9026 $$ JA
546
WWUS54 KJAN 051233
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
733 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
MSC163-051244-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120405T1245Z/
YAZOO MS-
733 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL YAZOO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3260 9012 3264 9030 3266 9028 3267 9023
3266 9020 3269 9015 3269 9014 3270 9013
3270 9010 3275 9004 3277 9003 3277 9002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 289DEG 34KT 3257 9015
$$
MSC089-051245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120405T1245Z/
MADISON MS-
733 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MADISON COUNTY...
AT 734 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WAY BY 740 AM CDT...
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 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3260 9012 3264 9030 3266 9028 3267 9023
3266 9020 3269 9015 3269 9014 3270 9013
3270 9010 3275 9004 3277 9003 3277 9002
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 289DEG 34KT 3257 9015
$$027
WWUS54 KJAN 051235
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
MSC089-051245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120405T1245Z/
MADISON MS-
735 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MADISON COUNTY...
AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3269 9007 3260 9012 3264 9029 3266 9028
3266 9027 3267 9023 3266 9020 3269 9015
3269 9014 3270 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 1235Z 289DEG 34KT 3256 9014
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 5, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 6:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 7:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 59 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.