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Tornado Warning 98, NWS Jackson, MS

December 25, 2012Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 3:31 PM CST for Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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: Dec 25, 2012, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 3:54 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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
Dec 25, 3:35 PM CST	TORNADO 2	8 Wsw Monticello, MS	* 7 INJ * NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND AN EF2 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 120MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 9.2 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 0.25 MILES. A TOTAL OF 7 INJURIES OCCURRED. A CARPORT AWNING WAS REMOVED FROM A HOME. THE TORNADO LOFTED AND DESTROYED SEVERAL MOBI
Dec 25, 3:36 PM CST	TORNADO	6 W Monticello, MS	POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ALONG FORD COLCOTE ROAD. INSULATION AND TIN IN TREES.
Dec 25, 3:37 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Monticello, MS	TREES DOWNED ALONG JAMES COX RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Dec 25, 3:38 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Monticello, MS	TWO MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 184 WEST OF MONTICELLO. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Dec 25, 3:42 PM CST	TORNADO	2 Nw Monticello, MS	* 7 INJ * DAMAGE SUMMARY IN LAWRENCE COUNTY INCLUDED 12 RESIDENCES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE, 6 BUSINESSES WITH MAJOR DAMAGE OR DESTROYED AND 7 TOTAL INJURIES. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Dec 25, 3:42 PM CST	TORNADO	2 Nw Monticello, MS	* 2 INJ * LAWRENCE COUNTY S.O. REPORTS TORNADO MOVED THROUGH THE AREA NORTH OF MONTICELLO NEAR U.S. 84 AND MS HIGHWAY 27. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS FLIPPED. ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED IN THE AREA. TWO PEOPLE INJURED.

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
Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

213 
WFUS54 KJAN 252131
TORJAN
MSC077-085-252215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0098.121225T2131Z-121225T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
331 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 332 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EAST
  LINCOLN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTICELLO...WANILLA AND ROBINWOOD BY 340 PM CST...
  ARM BY 345 PM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3155 9038 3173 8998 3153 8997 3152 8996
      3151 8996 3138 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 244DEG 56KT 3150 9025

$$

GRG

2 follow-up statements

473 
WWUS54 KJAN 252140
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC085-252151-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-121225T2215Z/
LINCOLN MS-
340 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3161 9024 3173 8998 3153 8997 3152 8997
      3151 8996 3141 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 236DEG 51KT 3158 9014

$$

MSC077-252215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-121225T2215Z/
LAWRENCE MS-
340 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR LAWRENCE
COUNTY...

AT 341 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SILVER CREEK BY 350 PM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3161 9024 3173 8998 3153 8997 3152 8997
      3151 8996 3141 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 236DEG 51KT 3158 9014

$$

GRG

744 
WWUS54 KJAN 252154 RRA
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
354 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC077-252204-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-121225T2215Z/
LAWRENCE MS-
354 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3161 9024 3173 8998 3153 8997 3152 8997
      3151 8996 3141 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 236DEG 51KT 3168 8996

$$

GRG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 5:03 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 27 more	25 hr
Dec 25, 6:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	39 min
Dec 25, 7:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	31 min
Dec 25, 7:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	11 days
Dec 25, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	10 days
Dec 25, 9:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	26 hr
Dec 25, 10:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	9 hr
Dec 25, 10:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison, Rankin	26 min
Dec 25, 11:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	4 hr
Dec 25, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	42 min
Dec 25, 1:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	43 min
Dec 25, 1:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	38 min
Dec 25, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	50 min
Dec 25, 1:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	41 min
Dec 25, 1:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	29 min
Dec 25, 1:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	50 min
Dec 25, 1:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	3 hr
Dec 25, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	43 min
Dec 25, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	51 min
Dec 25, 2:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	42 min
Dec 25, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	40 min
Dec 25, 2:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Dec 25, 2:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	34 min
Dec 25, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	23 min
Dec 25, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	52 min
Dec 25, 2:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	2 hr
Dec 25, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	46 min
Dec 25, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	13 min
Dec 25, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	50 min
Dec 25, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	43 min
Dec 25, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence	34 min
Dec 25, 3:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Winston	47 min
Dec 25, 3:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	56 min
Dec 25, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	54 min
Dec 25, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	33 min
Dec 25, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	38 min
Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	65 min
Dec 25, 4:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	29 min
Dec 25, 4:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	13 min
Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	38 min
Dec 25, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	35 min
Dec 25, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	57 min
Dec 25, 4:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	26 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	41 min
Dec 25, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	59 min
Dec 25, 4:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	25 min
Dec 25, 4:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton and 2 more	105 min
Dec 25, 4:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	100 min
Dec 25, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	66 min
Dec 25, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	33 min
Dec 25, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	61 min
Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	17 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.