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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

February 10, 20135 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 2:03 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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: Feb 10, 2013, 2:03 PM CST (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2013, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 10, 11:10 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

780 
WFUS54 KJAN 102003
TORJAN
MSC029-037-063-077-085-102100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.130210T2003Z-130210T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
203 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 203 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BUDE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW HOPE AND LITTLE SPRINGS BY 210 PM CST...
  MCCALL CREEK AND CENTER POINT BY 215 PM CST...
  UNION CHURCH BY 220 PM CST...
  VAUGHN AND WEST LINCOLN BY 225 PM CST...
  CASEYVILLE AND LOYD STAR BY 230 PM CST...
  BROOKHAVEN BY 235 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 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 9106 3168 9083 3170 9041 3169 9041
      3169 9038 3170 9037 3170 9026 3172 9021
      3136 9065 3135 9096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 228DEG 42KT 3146 9089

$$

MRM

2 follow-up statements

546 
WWUS54 KJAN 102022
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
222 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

MSC063-102032-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130210T2100Z/
JEFFERSON MS-
222 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3137 9074 3155 9084 3170 9055 3170 9041
      3169 9041 3170 9037 3170 9025 3172 9021
      3136 9065 3136 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 243DEG 37KT 3152 9069

$$

MSC029-037-077-085-102100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130210T2100Z/
LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS-FRANKLIN MS-COPIAH MS-
222 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL COPIAH...EASTERN FRANKLIN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
LAWRENCE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCALL CREEK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST LINCOLN BY 230 PM CST...
  VAUGHN AND LOYD STAR BY 235 PM CST...
  BROOKHAVEN BY 245 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 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3137 9074 3155 9084 3170 9055 3170 9041
      3169 9041 3170 9037 3170 9025 3172 9021
      3136 9065 3136 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 243DEG 37KT 3152 9069

$$

BYB

529 
WWUS54 KJAN 102047
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
247 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

MSC037-102057-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130210T2100Z/
FRANKLIN MS-
247 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3165 9057 3170 9046 3170 9041 3169 9041
      3170 9037 3170 9025 3172 9021 3150 9048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 243DEG 37KT 3161 9043

$$

MSC029-077-085-102100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130210T2100Z/
LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS-COPIAH MS-
247 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL COPIAH...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 247 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKHAVEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 300 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 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 9057 3170 9046 3170 9041 3169 9041
      3170 9037 3170 9025 3172 9021 3150 9048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 243DEG 37KT 3161 9043

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 4:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	61 hr
Feb 10, 7:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	7 days
Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	43 min
Feb 10, 10:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	37 min
Feb 10, 10:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	29 min
Feb 10, 10:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	67 min
Feb 10, 11:19 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	116 min
Feb 10, 11:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	40 min
Feb 10, 11:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren	50 min
Feb 10, 11:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	40 min
Feb 10, 11:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	49 min
Feb 10, 12:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren	2 hr
Feb 10, 12:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	46 min
Feb 10, 12:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	56 min
Feb 10, 1:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	54 min
Feb 10, 1:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	39 min
Feb 10, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	50 min
Feb 10, 1:24 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	4 hr
Feb 10, 1:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	14 min
Feb 10, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	47 min
Feb 10, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	53 min
Feb 10, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	49 min
Feb 10, 2:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Feb 10, 2:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Scott	119 min
Feb 10, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	53 min
Feb 10, 2:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	59 min
Feb 10, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson	55 min
Feb 10, 2:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	53 min
Feb 10, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	46 min
Feb 10, 3:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	41 min
Feb 10, 3:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	52 min
Feb 10, 3:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	2 hr
Feb 10, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	64 min
Feb 10, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	48 min
Feb 10, 3:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lincoln	58 min
Feb 10, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Simpson	48 min
Feb 10, 4:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	64 min
Feb 10, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	43 min
Feb 10, 4:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	68 min
Feb 10, 4:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	62 min
Feb 10, 4:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	116 min
Feb 10, 4:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	51 min
Feb 10, 4:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Lamar	33 min
Feb 10, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Forrest, Jones	63 min
Feb 10, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	29 min
Feb 10, 5:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	40 min
Feb 10, 5:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	51 min
Feb 10, 5:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	39 min
Feb 10, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	48 min
Feb 10, 5:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	54 min
Feb 10, 5:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones	3 hr

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.