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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 8:48 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 30, 2012, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 9:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Newton County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
088 WFUS54 KJAN 310148 RRA TORJAN MSC101-310245- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0065.120831T0148Z-120831T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 848 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEWTON BY 905 PM CDT... DECATUR BY 920 PM CDT... STRATTON BY 925 PM CDT... LITTLE ROCK BY 930 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3222 8905 3223 8918 3258 8924 3257 8898 TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 180DEG 30KT 3220 8912 $$ BYB
3 follow-up statements
332 WWUS54 KJAN 310202 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 902 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 MSC101-310245- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120831T0245Z/ NEWTON MS- 902 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY... AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWTON MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DECATUR BY 915 PM CDT... STRATTON BY 920 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3228 8911 3228 8919 3258 8924 3257 8903 TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 175DEG 31KT 3233 8915 $$ BYB
066 WWUS54 KJAN 310215 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 915 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 MSC101-310245- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120831T0245Z/ NEWTON MS- 915 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY... AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STRATTON MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STRATTON BY 920 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3240 8912 3239 8921 3258 8924 3257 8907 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 175DEG 31KT 3244 8916 $$ BYB
828 WWUS54 KJAN 310233 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 933 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 MSC101-310244- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120831T0245Z/ NEWTON MS- 933 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3240 8912 3239 8921 3258 8924 3257 8907 TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 175DEG 31KT 3260 8918 $$ BYB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 59 min |
| Aug 30, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 50 min |
| Aug 30, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 37 min |
| Aug 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 20 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 48 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 40 min |
| Aug 31, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 31 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.