Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2012, 5:04 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
- May 31, 2012, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 5:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Newton County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:17 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 Wsw Decatur, MS | |
| May 31, 5:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Stratton, MS | TREES WERE DOWN ON BILL ADDY ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772
WFUS54 KJAN 312204
TORJAN
MSC101-312300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0043.120531T2204Z-120531T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
504 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CONEHATTA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STRATTON BY 520 PM CDT...
LITTLE ROCK BY 535 PM 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3238 8925 3245 8931 3258 8915 3257 8891
3252 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 235DEG 22KT 3245 8923
$$
192 follow-up statements
992
WWUS54 KJAN 312224
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
524 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
MSC101-312300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120531T2300Z/
NEWTON MS-
524 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
NEWTON COUNTY...
AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STRATTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLE ROCK BY 530 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3240 8921 3245 8924 3258 8907 3257 8891
3252 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 241DEG 27KT 3249 8906
$$
19239
WWUS54 KJAN 312238
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
MSC101-312248-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120531T2300Z/
NEWTON MS-
538 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3240 8921 3245 8924 3258 8907 3257 8891
3252 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 241DEG 27KT 3254 8895
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 54 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 29 min |
| May 30, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 42 min |
| May 30, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 39 min |
| May 31, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 28 min |
| May 31, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
| May 31, 7:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 46 min |
| May 31, 8:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 3 hr |
| May 31, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 42 min |
| May 31, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| May 31, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| May 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 44 min |
| May 31, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 46 min |
| May 31, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 53 min |
| May 31, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 63 min |
| May 31, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 50 min |
| May 31, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 50 min |
| May 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 39 min |
| May 31, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 67 min |
| May 31, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 62 min |
| May 31, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Webster | 66 min |
| May 31, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 57 min |
| May 31, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 56 min |
| May 31, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| May 31, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 60 min |
| May 31, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin and 1 more | 62 min |
| May 31, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 31, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Scott | 63 min |
| May 31, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 42 min |
| May 31, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| May 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Simpson | 67 min |
| May 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 61 min |
| May 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 55 min |
| May 31, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Scott | 64 min |
| May 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Smith | 66 min |
| May 31, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 59 min |
| May 31, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 61 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 62 min |
| May 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton, Winston | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| May 31, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott | 116 min |
| May 31, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 60 min |
| May 31, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jones, Lauderdale | 81 min |
| May 31, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 23 min |
| May 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 60 min |
| May 31, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 60 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.