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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2012, 5:07 AM CST for Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 10, 2012, 5:07 AM CST (11:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Copiah County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 5:23 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Georgetown, MS | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 28 JUST WEST OF GEORGETOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724
WFUS54 KJAN 101107
TORJAN
MSC029-101130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0088.121210T1107Z-121210T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
507 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 AM CST
* AT 507 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WESSON
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKPORT AND HOPEWELL BY 525 AM CST...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 9041 3174 9043 3197 9020 3194 9020
3193 9017 3191 9017 3187 9014 3184 9016
3183 9014 3180 9015 3179 9011 3170 9031
3170 9037 3169 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1107Z 231DEG 35KT 3174 9034
$$
JA2 follow-up statements
545
WWUS54 KJAN 101117
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
517 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
MSC029-101130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-121210T1130Z/
COPIAH MS-
517 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY...
AT 517 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ROCKPORT MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKPORT BY 525 AM CST...
GEORGETOWN BY 530 AM CST...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
LAT...LON 3179 9033 3193 9017 3188 9016 3184 9016
3183 9014 3180 9015 3178 9012 3172 9026
3172 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 243DEG 27KT 3177 9026
$$487
WWUS54 KJAN 101125
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
MSC029-101130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-121210T1130Z/
COPIAH MS-
525 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY...
AT 525 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKPORT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKPORT BY 530 AM CST...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
LAT...LON 3174 9024 3181 9025 3186 9016 3184 9016
3183 9014 3180 9015 3178 9012 3175 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1125Z 241DEG 29KT 3180 9019
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 11:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 11:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Dec 10, 12:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston | 61 min |
| Dec 10, 12:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 25 min |
| Dec 10, 1:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 3:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 4:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 5:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 5:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 25 min |
| Dec 10, 5:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Dec 10, 5:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 63 min |
| Dec 10, 6:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 20 min |
| Dec 10, 6:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 6:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 68 min |
| Dec 10, 6:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 7:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 7:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 7:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 44 min |
| Dec 10, 8:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 8:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 8:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 44 min |
| Dec 10, 8:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Dec 10, 8:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 8:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 9:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 9:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 9:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 44 min |
| Dec 10, 10:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 26 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.