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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS

October 17, 20124 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2012, 10:37 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min. 6 reports 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
Oct 17, 2012, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 17, 10:40 PM CDTTORNADO 28 Ene Anguilla, MS*** 4 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN E OF ANGUILLA AND ENDED 3 MILES W OF LOUISE. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND DOZENS OF POWER POLES SNAPPED. ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEED 125 MPH...PATH LENGTH 7 MILES...MAX PATH WIDTH 1/4 MILE.
Oct 17, 10:41 PM CDTTORNADO5 Wnw Louise, MSHOMES DAMAGED ALONG HWY 14...POSSIBLE INJURIES.
Oct 17, 10:46 PM CDTTORNADO 12 Sw Louise, MSTHIS TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS SOUTH AND WEST OF LOUISE. MAX PEAK WIND 110 MPH...PATH LENGTH 3 MILES...MAX PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS.
Oct 17, 10:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLouise, MSAROUND LOUISE AND ALONG COUNTY BARN RD...MOBILE HOME DAMAGED WITH ANOTHER MOBILE HOME TURNED OVER...POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL.
Oct 17, 10:56 PM CDTTORNADO 15 Ese Louise, MSTORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND TRAVEL TRAILERS AND SNAPPED MANY TREES. MAX PEAK WIND 90 MPH...PATH LENGTH 2 MILES...MAX PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS.
Oct 17, 11:02 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Yazoo City, MSHEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG LAKE CITY RD

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 17, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

526 
WFUS54 KJAN 180337
TORJAN
MSC051-053-125-163-180430-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0076.121018T0337Z-121018T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1037 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THORNTON...
  SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTH CENTRAL YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...
  NORTHEASTERN SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DELTA CITY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDNIGHT BY 1045 PM CDT...
  YAZOO CITY BY 1105 PM CDT...
  THORNTON BY 1110 PM CDT...
  TOLARVILLE BY 1120 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 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3308 9020 3282 9032 3295 9078 3310 9081
      3310 9068 3311 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 278DEG 34KT 3302 9068

$$

BYB
2 follow-up statements
857 
WWUS54 KJAN 180346
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1046 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012

MSC051-053-125-163-180430-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-121018T0430Z/
SHARKEY MS-HUMPHREYS MS-HOLMES MS-YAZOO MS-
1046 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YAZOO...WEST CENTRAL HOLMES...SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS AND
NORTHEASTERN SHARKEY COUNTIES...

AT 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE 
TRACKING A LIKELY TORNADO. RADAR DATA SUGGESTS IS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUISE 
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOUISE AND MIDNIGHT BY 1050 PM CDT...
  SILVER CITY BY 1055 PM CDT...
  YAZOO CITY BY 1105 PM CDT...
  EDEN AND THORNTON BY 1110 PM CDT...
  TOLARVILLE BY 1120 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 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3283 9032 3288 9052 3293 9071 3295 9076
      3310 9068 3310 9049 3308 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 280DEG 34KT 3300 9062

$$

BYB
892 
WWUS54 KJAN 180404
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1104 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012

MSC051-125-180414-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-121018T0430Z/
SHARKEY MS-HOLMES MS-
1104 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HOLMES AND NORTHEASTERN
SHARKEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THORNTON BY 1110 PM CDT...
  TOLARVILLE BY 1120 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3301 9033 3298 9025 3283 9032 3291 9064
      3299 9056 3300 9053 3301 9036 3302 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 284DEG 34KT 3294 9043

$$

MSC053-163-180430-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-121018T0430Z/
HUMPHREYS MS-YAZOO MS-
1104 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YAZOO AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTIES...

AT 1104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS LIKELY 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF YAZOO CITY MOVING EAST 
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EDEN BY 1110 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 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9033 3298 9025 3283 9032 3291 9064
      3299 9056 3300 9053 3301 9036 3302 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 284DEG 34KT 3294 9043

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar64 min
Oct 17, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar41 min
Oct 17, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar43 min
Oct 17, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower53 min
Oct 17, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower33 min
Oct 17, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington30 min
Oct 17, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada63 min
Oct 17, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANGrenada40 min
Oct 17, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeflore36 min
Oct 17, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo65 min
Oct 17, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll31 min
Oct 17, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster60 min
Oct 17, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo47 min
Oct 17, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo48 min
Oct 17, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Madison39 min
Oct 17, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha65 min
Oct 17, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison56 min
Oct 17, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Rankin46 min
Oct 18, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott57 min
Oct 18, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott55 min
Oct 18, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln58 min
Oct 18, 1:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds12 min
Oct 18, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee38 min
Oct 18, 1:27 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale63 min
Oct 18, 1:41 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale34 min
Oct 18, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin15 min
Oct 18, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln56 min

Nearby

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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.