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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Neshoba County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
985
WFUS54 KJAN 310229
TORJAN
MSC099-310315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0066.120831T0229Z-120831T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
929 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
DIXON MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DIXON BY 940 PM CDT...
PEARL RIVER BY 955 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 3258 8924 3281 8931 3293 8931 3294 8927
3293 8914 3258 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 175DEG 31KT 3257 8918
$$
BYB3 follow-up statements
856
WWUS54 KJAN 310249
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
949 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC099-310315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120831T0315Z/
NESHOBA MS-
949 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY...
AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEARL RIVER MOVING NORTH AT
35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PEARL RIVER BY 955 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3269 8926 3288 8931 3293 8931 3294 8922
3293 8914 3270 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 175DEG 32KT 3274 8920
$$
BYB277
WWUS54 KJAN 310301
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1001 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC099-310315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120831T0315Z/
NESHOBA MS-
1001 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY...
AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL NESHOBA COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT 35
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3280 8916 3280 8927 3293 8930 3294 8925
3293 8919 3294 8918 3293 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 175DEG 32KT 3286 8921
$$
BYB646
WWUS54 KJAN 310316
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1016 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC099-310327-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120831T0315Z/
NESHOBA MS-
1016 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3280 8916 3280 8927 3293 8930 3294 8925
3293 8919 3294 8918 3293 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 175DEG 32KT 3285 8921
$$
BYBThe 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, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 117 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.