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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

January 29, 2013Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2013, 9:54 PM CST for Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 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 29, 2013, 9:54 PM CST (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2013, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chicot County, AR, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 29, 5:37 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 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.

670 
WFUS54 KJAN 300354
TORJAN
ARC017-MSC151-300500-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0013.130130T0354Z-130130T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
954 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVON...LELAND...GREENVILLE...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUDORA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 955 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF EUDORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EUDORA BY 1000 PM CST...
  CHICOT JUNCTION BY 1005 PM CST...
  AVON BY 1015 PM CST...
  WAYSIDE BY 1020 PM CST...
  ESTILL AND GREENVILLE BY 1025 PM CST...
  LELAND AND METCALFE BY 1030 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9145 3353 9103 3352 9076 3328 9076
      3300 9112 3301 9115 3300 9117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 224DEG 52KT 3300 9130

$$

BYB

2 follow-up statements

186 
WWUS54 KJAN 300409
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1009 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

ARC017-MSC151-300500-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T0500Z/
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-
1009 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CHICOT COUNTIES...

AT 1009 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EUDORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAYSIDE AND AVON BY 1020 PM CST...
  GREENVILLE AND ARCOLA BY 1025 PM CST...
  METCALFE BY 1030 PM CST...
  LELAND AND TRIBBETT BY 1035 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3353 9103 3352 9076 3334 9076 3303 9117
      3300 9121 3301 9144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 222DEG 51KT 3315 9117

$$

BYB

836 
WWUS54 KJAN 300422
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1022 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

ARC017-300432-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T0500Z/
CHICOT AR-
1022 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHICOT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN 
MISSISSIPPI. 

LAT...LON 3352 9076 3343 9076 3320 9108 3322 9109
      3324 9106 3328 9104 3329 9106 3328 9108
      3324 9110 3329 9113 3353 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 220DEG 51KT 3330 9103

$$

MSC151-300500-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T0500Z/
WASHINGTON MS-
1022 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 1022 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AVON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LELAND BY 1035 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3352 9076 3343 9076 3320 9108 3322 9109
      3324 9106 3328 9104 3329 9106 3328 9108
      3324 9110 3329 9113 3353 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 220DEG 51KT 3330 9103

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 6:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	67 min
Jan 29, 6:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	32 min
Jan 29, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	49 min
Jan 29, 7:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	38 min
Jan 29, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower	64 min
Jan 29, 7:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	31 min
Jan 29, 8:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sunflower	30 min
Jan 29, 10:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	62 min
Jan 29, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	59 min
Jan 29, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	56 min
Jan 30, 12:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	87 min
Jan 30, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore	86 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery, Yazoo	95 min
Jan 30, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	96 min
Jan 30, 2:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Webster	83 min
Jan 30, 2:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	57 min
Jan 30, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	58 min
Jan 30, 2:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	40 min
Jan 30, 3:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	39 min
Jan 30, 3:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	51 min
Jan 30, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston	62 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	55 min
Jan 30, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	64 min
Jan 30, 3:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	48 min
Jan 30, 3:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	77 min
Jan 30, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	79 min
Jan 30, 4:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 17 more	13 hr
Jan 30, 4:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	76 min
Jan 30, 4:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	41 min
Jan 30, 5:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson, Smith	51 min
Jan 30, 5:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	47 min
Jan 30, 6:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	58 min
Jan 30, 6:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	46 min
Jan 30, 6:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	51 min
Jan 30, 6:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	57 min
Jan 30, 6:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	47 min
Jan 30, 7:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	48 min
Jan 30, 7:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	50 min
Jan 30, 7:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	3 hr
Jan 29, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	44 min
Jan 29, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Chicot	35 min
Jan 29, 8:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	29 min
Jan 29, 8:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	29 min
Jan 29, 8:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley	58 min
Jan 29, 9:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	32 min
Jan 29, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	63 min
Jan 29, 9:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley	40 min
Jan 29, 10:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Chicot	65 min
Jan 29, 11:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	47 min
Jan 29, 11:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.