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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 4:42 PM CST for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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
- Feb 10, 2013, 4:42 PM CST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
County Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 4:48 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 E Columbia, MS | FIVE HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG PROSPRES RIDGE ROAD NEAR THE MARION/LAMAR COUNTY BORDER. |
| Feb 10, 4:50 PM CST | TORNADO | 8 Ne Pinebur, MS | HOME DESTROYED ON WHILEY LOTT RD...NEAR THE MARION...LAMAR CO LINE. |
| Feb 10, 5:06 PM CST | TORNADO 4 | 5 Wsw West Hattiesburg, MS | *** 19 INJ *** THIS TORNADO STARTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF OAK GROVE...LOW END EF4 DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TO A HOUSING AREA JUST TO THE SW OF THAT LOCATION WHERE A WELL BUILD BRICK HOME WAS LEVLED. VEHILCES WERE ALSO THROWN A CONSIDERABLE DISTAN |
| Feb 10, 5:12 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 W West Hattiesburg, MS | LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND...MULTIPLE CONFIRMING REPORTS AS WELL AS LIVE VIDEO STREAM. MULTIPLE DMG REPORTS ACROSS LAMAR COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 760 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850
WFUS54 KJAN 102242
TORJAN
MSC073-102315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0033.130210T2242Z-130210T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
442 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 441 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 24 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DAMAGE IS
BEING REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS MARION COUNTY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WEST HATTIESBURG BY 510 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3132 8965 3144 8946 3143 8945 3135 8945
3135 8935 3129 8935 3117 8965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 241DEG 40KT 3120 8971
$$
DHB3 follow-up statements
116
WWUS54 KJAN 102252
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
452 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
MSC073-102315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130210T2315Z/
LAMAR MS-
452 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAMAR COUNTY...
AT 452 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED ACROSS MARION COUNTY. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WEST HATTIESBURG BY 510 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 8965 3125 8965 3138 8945 3135 8945
3134 8935 3133 8936 3132 8935 3130 8936
3126 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 243DEG 40KT 3124 8958
$$
DHB953
WWUS54 KJAN 102300
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
500 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
MSC073-102315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130210T2315Z/
LAMAR MS-
500 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
LAMAR COUNTY...
...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA...
AT 500 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WEST HATTIESBURG BY 515 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 8954 3128 8957 3135 8945 3134 8935
3133 8936 3132 8935 3131 8937 3126 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 243DEG 35KT 3127 8952
$$
DHB936
WWUS54 KJAN 102313
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
MSC073-102315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130210T2315Z/
LAMAR MS-
513 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY...
...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA...
AT 514 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST HATTIESBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3127 8941 3133 8944 3134 8942 3134 8935
3133 8936 3132 8935 3131 8937 3128 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 245DEG 34KT 3132 8937
$$
DHBThe 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, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln | 57 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, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | 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 |
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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.