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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2012, 12:03 AM CDT for Leake County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min. 9 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 18, 2012, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leake County, MS, Scott County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 12:11 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 10 W Carthage, MS | WIDE BUT BRIEF TORNADO THAT PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES ALTHOUGH MOST OTHER DAMAGE LIMITED TO TREES. MAX WIND SPEED 95 MPH...PATH LENGTH HALF A MILE...WIDTH 525 YARDS. |
| Oct 18, 12:32 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Carthage, MS | TWO HOMES DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN ALONG E FRANKLING ST. A COUPLE CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DAMAGED ALONG HWY 16 E AND A TREE WAS DOWN ON A HOUSE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Oct 18, 12:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Standing Pine, MS | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 35 |
| Oct 18, 12:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Standing Pine, MS | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 487. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Oct 18, 12:46 AM CDT | TORNADO 3 | 3 Se Harperville, MS | *** 1 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG OLD JACKSON RD EAST OF HILLSBORO AND TRAVELED ESE THROUGH E SCOTT COUNTY...ENTERING W NEWTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF CONEHATTA. TORNADO ENDED ALONG BRADDOCK ROAD N OF LAWRENCE. HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS OVER FAR ERN SCOTT COUNTY |
| Oct 18, 12:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Forest, MS | *** 1 INJ *** PERSON TRAPPED IN MOBILE HOME WITH TREE ON TOP ON RUSSELL COMMUNITY RD. LOTS OF TREES DOWN IN THE AREA AS WELL. |
| Oct 18, 12:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Steele, MS | TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE NE OF FOREST...LIKELY TORNADO |
| Oct 18, 12:55 AM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ne Forest, MS | A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED ON THE NORTHERN END OF CONEHATTA ROAD NEAR JIM OWENS ROAD. FOUR LARGE TRANSMISSION TOWERS WERE BLOWN DOWN ON JIM OWENS ROAD. |
| Oct 18, 1:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Lake, MS | STRUCTURE DAMAGE ON JIM OWENS RD ALONG WITH TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
285
WFUS54 KJAN 180503
TORJAN
MSC079-123-180600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0081.121018T0503Z-121018T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1203 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...
NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARPERVILLE...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LUDLOW MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LUDLOW BY 1210 AM CDT...
CARTHAGE AND FORKVILLE BY 1220 AM CDT...
TUSCOLA BY 1225 AM CDT...
HARPERVILLE AND HILLSBORO BY 1230 AM CDT...
STEELE AND MADDEN BY 1235 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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3247 8976 3259 8978 3264 8973 3279 8973
3271 8932 3235 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 292DEG 36KT 3270 8975
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
056
WWUS54 KJAN 180533
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1233 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
MSC079-123-180600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-121018T0600Z/
SCOTT MS-LEAKE MS-
1233 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LEAKE AND NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 1233 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LENA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STANDING PINE BY 1240 AM CDT...
HARPERVILLE...HILLSBORO AND WALNUT GROVE BY 1245 AM CDT...
STEELE AND MADDEN BY 1250 AM CDT...
SEBASTOPOL BY 100 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3268 8932 3235 8933 3247 8976 3258 8978
3262 8975 3264 8973 3270 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 289DEG 28KT 3255 8959
$$
MME584
WWUS54 KJAN 180550
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1250 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
MSC079-180600-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-121018T0600Z/
LEAKE MS-
1250 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3245 8957 3253 8954 3257 8951 3255 8932
3235 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 294DEG 38KT 3248 8942
$$
MSC123-180600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-121018T0600Z/
SCOTT MS-
1250 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY...
AT 1250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARPERVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY AT 100 AM CDT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3245 8957 3253 8954 3257 8951 3255 8932
3235 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 294DEG 38KT 3248 8942
$$
MMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 64 min |
| Oct 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 41 min |
| Oct 17, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 43 min |
| Oct 17, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 53 min |
| Oct 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 33 min |
| Oct 17, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 63 min |
| Oct 17, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 40 min |
| Oct 17, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 36 min |
| Oct 17, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 65 min |
| Oct 17, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 31 min |
| Oct 17, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 53 min |
| Oct 17, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 60 min |
| Oct 17, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Oct 17, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 39 min |
| Oct 17, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 65 min |
| Oct 17, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 46 min |
| Oct 18, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Oct 18, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 12 min |
| Oct 18, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 63 min |
| Oct 18, 1:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 15 min |
| Oct 18, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 56 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.