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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 5:45 AM CDT for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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 30, 2012, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 30, 5:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Quitman, MS | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
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 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
860
WFUS54 KJAN 301045
TORJAN
MSC023-075-301130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0051.120830T1045Z-120830T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
545 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN...
SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 546 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DE SOTO
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
QUITMAN BY 555 AM CDT...
STONEWALL AND SABLE BY 605 AM CDT...
SAVOY BY 615 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 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3184 8874 3212 8892 3242 8891 3247 8879
3191 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 1046Z 157DEG 40KT 3196 8868
$$
BKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Jasper, Jones, Rankin, Simpson and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 6 days |
| Aug 30, 2:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 112 min |
| Aug 30, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 6:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Aug 30, 7:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 8:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 9:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest | 47 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 107 min |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 4 days |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 56 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 112 min |
| Aug 30, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 14 min |
| Aug 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 111 min |
| Aug 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 45 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.