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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

January 30, 2013Holmes County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 2:47 AM CST for Holmes County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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
Jan 30, 2013, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2013, 3:45 AM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 29, 10:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2013-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2013-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

127 
WUUS54 KJAN 300847
SVRJAN
MSC051-089-163-300945-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0021.130130T0847Z-130130T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
247 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DURANT...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CANTON...
  EASTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 247 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM GOODMAN TO VAUGHAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DURANT...EMORY...FARMHAVEN AND CAMERON BY 255 AM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 70 MPH CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS...
AND CAUSE ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES. NUMEROUS
DOWNED TREES MAY OCCUR...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3321 8977 3313 8979 3311 8983 3307 8982
      3300 8988 3293 8990 3288 8996 3288 8974
      3263 8973 3259 8979 3259 8984 3254 8989
      3245 9010 3270 9010 3265 9028 3327 8996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 247DEG 60KT 3299 8994 3279 9007

$$

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1 follow-up statement
777 
WWUS54 KJAN 300912
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
312 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

MSC051-163-300922-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130130T0945Z/
HOLMES MS-YAZOO MS-
312 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN YAZOO AND EASTERN
HOLMES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3259 8979 3259 8984 3255 8990 3254 8990
      3245 9010 3270 9009 3279 8998 3288 8992
      3288 8974 3263 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 252DEG 32KT 3284 8975 3264 8989

$$

MSC089-300945-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130130T0945Z/
MADISON MS-
312 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CST
FOR EASTERN MADISON COUNTY...

AT 312 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CAMDEN TO SHARON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FARMHAVEN BY 320 AM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3259 8979 3259 8984 3255 8990 3254 8990
      3245 9010 3270 9009 3279 8998 3288 8992
      3288 8974 3263 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 252DEG 32KT 3284 8975 3264 8989

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Washington67 min
Jan 29, 6:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington32 min
Jan 29, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington49 min
Jan 29, 7:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington38 min
Jan 29, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower64 min
Jan 29, 7:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys, Sharkey31 min
Jan 29, 8:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower30 min
Jan 29, 9:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington66 min
Jan 29, 10:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower62 min
Jan 29, 10:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington59 min
Jan 29, 11:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington56 min
Jan 30, 12:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington87 min
Jan 30, 12:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore86 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery, Yazoo95 min
Jan 30, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren96 min
Jan 30, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Webster83 min
Jan 30, 2:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison57 min
Jan 30, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery40 min
Jan 30, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin39 min
Jan 30, 3:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln51 min
Jan 30, 3:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston62 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake55 min
Jan 30, 3:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin, Simpson64 min
Jan 30, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott48 min
Jan 30, 3:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba77 min
Jan 30, 4:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee79 min
Jan 30, 4:31 AM CSTWind AdvisoryJANAdams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 17 more13 hr
Jan 30, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton76 min
Jan 30, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson41 min
Jan 30, 5:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Simpson, Smith51 min
Jan 30, 5:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion47 min
Jan 30, 6:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones58 min
Jan 30, 6:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion46 min
Jan 30, 6:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke51 min
Jan 30, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale57 min
Jan 30, 6:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale47 min
Jan 30, 7:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar48 min
Jan 30, 7:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke50 min
Jan 30, 7:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar3 hr

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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.