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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS

January 23, 2012Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 2:05 AM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2012, 2:05 AM CST (08:05 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2012, 2:17 AM CST
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 22, 10:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2012-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 223 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2012-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

165 
WFUS54 KJAN 230805
TORJAN
MSC103-230830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0006.120123T0805Z-120123T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
205 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 205 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PRAIRIE
  POINT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL 
AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3322 8831 3309 8832 3308 8834 3306 8848
      3314 8849 3326 8831 3326 8830 3322 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 243DEG 37KT 3313 8836

$$

BYB
1 follow-up statement
531 
WWUS54 KJAN 230817
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
217 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

MSC103-230827-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0830Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
217 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NOXUBEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3322 8831 3309 8832 3308 8834 3306 8848
      3314 8849 3326 8831 3326 8830 3322 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 243DEG 37KT 3318 8823

$$

BYB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower39 min
Jan 22, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington54 min
Jan 22, 10:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster44 min
Jan 22, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster26 min
Jan 22, 11:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower28 min
Jan 22, 11:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay30 min
Jan 22, 11:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake28 min
Jan 22, 11:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah29 min
Jan 22, 11:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster28 min
Jan 22, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster26 min
Jan 22, 11:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson41 min
Jan 22, 11:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson36 min
Jan 22, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott61 min
Jan 23, 12:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore30 min
Jan 23, 12:27 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith48 min
Jan 23, 12:39 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada31 min
Jan 23, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott51 min
Jan 23, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston61 min
Jan 23, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Leflore42 min
Jan 23, 12:56 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott49 min
Jan 23, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo33 min
Jan 23, 1:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes35 min
Jan 23, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee58 min
Jan 23, 1:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin31 min
Jan 23, 1:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee31 min
Jan 23, 1:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton30 min
Jan 23, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton65 min
Jan 23, 2:14 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Newton61 min
Jan 23, 2:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott30 min
Jan 23, 2:35 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes40 min
Jan 23, 2:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson39 min
Jan 23, 2:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson51 min
Jan 23, 2:57 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Jasper33 min
Jan 23, 3:02 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper13 min
Jan 23, 3:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke49 min
Jan 23, 3:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith31 min
Jan 23, 3:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale44 min
Jan 23, 3:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale16 min
Jan 23, 4:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Covington, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lauderdale and 1 more58 min
Jan 23, 5:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest19 min
Jan 23, 5:22 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar, Marion18 min
Jan 23, 5:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar19 min
Jan 23, 6:40 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.