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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2012, 8:24 PM CDT for Attala County, Choctaw County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 13, 2012, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2012, 8:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Montgomery County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Poplar Creek, MS | TREES WERE DOWN ALONG HWY 413. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652
WFUS54 KJAN 140124
TORJAN
MSC007-019-097-140215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0044.120814T0124Z-120814T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
824 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
WEST CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR POPLAR
CREEK MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FRENCH CAMP BY 855 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 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8920 3318 8940 3331 8965 3338 8965
3347 8956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 296DEG 16KT 3337 8954
$$
GRG3 follow-up statements
251 WWUS54 KJAN 140137 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 837 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 MSC007-019-097-140215- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120814T0215Z/ ATTALA MS-MONTGOMERY MS-CHOCTAW MS- 837 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CHOCTAW...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTIES... AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRENCH CAMP MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3328 8960 3346 8949 3344 8920 3318 8940 TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 281DEG 26KT 3336 8941 $$ GRG
429
WWUS54 KJAN 140145
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
845 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
MSC007-097-140155-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120814T0215Z/
ATTALA MS-MONTGOMERY MS-
845 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN
ATTALA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3344 8920 3328 8932 3329 8946 3343 8946
3344 8945 3343 8942 3345 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 281DEG 26KT 3335 8934
$$
MSC019-140215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120814T0215Z/
CHOCTAW MS-
845 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRENCH CAMP MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 8920 3328 8932 3329 8946 3343 8946
3344 8945 3343 8942 3345 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 281DEG 26KT 3335 8934
$$
GRG993
WWUS54 KJAN 140151
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
851 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
MSC019-140201-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120814T0215Z/
CHOCTAW MS-
851 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3344 8920 3328 8932 3330 8945 3343 8946
3344 8945 3343 8942 3345 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 281DEG 26KT 3334 8929
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 20 min |
| Aug 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Humphreys | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Scott | 9 min |
| Aug 14, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.