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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

February 21, 2013Claiborne County, Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 2013, 7:24 PM CST for Claiborne County, Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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 21, 2013, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2013, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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 21, 7:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Crystal Springs, MS	TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HWY 51

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 21, 5:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 845 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

251 
WFUS54 KJAN 220124
TORJAN
MSC021-029-220215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0040.130222T0124Z-130222T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
724 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAZLEHURST...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 724 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  BARLOW MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DENTVILLE BY 740 PM CST...
  GALLMAN AND HAZLEHURST BY 745 PM CST...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 750 PM CST...
  HOPEWELL BY 800 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 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9073 3179 9075 3183 9078 3205 9043
      3205 9023 3203 9025 3202 9022 3200 9023
      3199 9020 3194 9020 3193 9017 3192 9017
      3177 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 243DEG 44KT 3183 9070

$$

DHB

3 follow-up statements

576 
WWUS54 KJAN 220132
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
732 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

MSC021-220142-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-130222T0215Z/
CLAIBORNE MS-
732 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3189 9066 3205 9038 3205 9023 3203 9025
      3202 9022 3200 9023 3199 9020 3194 9020
      3193 9017 3182 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 247DEG 39KT 3187 9059

$$

MSC029-220215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-130222T0215Z/
COPIAH MS-
732 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
COPIAH COUNTY...

AT 732 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF GALLMAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GALLMAN BY 750 PM CST...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 755 PM CST...
  HOPEWELL BY 800 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 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3189 9066 3205 9038 3205 9023 3203 9025
      3202 9022 3200 9023 3199 9020 3194 9020
      3193 9017 3182 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 247DEG 39KT 3187 9059

$$

DHB

360 
WWUS54 KJAN 220141
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
741 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

MSC029-220215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-130222T0215Z/
COPIAH MS-
741 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY...

AT 741 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF GALLMAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GALLMAN AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS BY 750 PM CST...
  HOPEWELL BY 800 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 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3191 9055 3205 9038 3205 9024 3203 9025
      3202 9022 3200 9023 3199 9020 3194 9020
      3187 9053
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 247DEG 39KT 3192 9047

$$

DHB

009 
WWUS54 KJAN 220202
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
802 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

MSC029-220212-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-130222T0215Z/
COPIAH MS-
802 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3191 9055 3205 9038 3205 9024 3203 9025
      3202 9022 3200 9023 3199 9020 3194 9020
      3187 9053
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 247DEG 39KT 3201 9022

$$

DHB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 21, 6:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	53 min
Feb 21, 6:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	45 min
Feb 21, 6:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	41 min
Feb 21, 6:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	47 min
Feb 21, 7:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Madison, Rankin and 1 more	2 hr
Feb 21, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	51 min
Feb 21, 7:49 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Smith	116 min
Feb 21, 9:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	5 days
Feb 21, 9:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	6 days
Feb 21, 9:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	3 hr
Feb 21, 9:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson and 1 more	3 hr
Feb 21, 9:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	32 min
Feb 21, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	44 min
Feb 21, 10:20 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Madison, Rankin and 2 more	8 hr
Feb 21, 10:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jones	3 hr
Feb 21, 10:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones	53 min
Feb 21, 11:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	33 min
Feb 22, 1:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	8 days
Feb 22, 1:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Feb 22, 9:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	6 days
Feb 22, 9:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	25 hr
Feb 22, 9:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	3 days
Feb 22, 12:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	40 min
Feb 22, 12:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	45 min
Feb 22, 1:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	45 min
Feb 22, 1:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	43 min
Feb 22, 1:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	48 min
Feb 22, 1:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	51 min
Feb 22, 2:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	20 min
Feb 22, 3:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	28 min
Feb 22, 3:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Warren	56 min
Feb 22, 3:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	43 min
Feb 22, 3:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	31 min
Feb 22, 5:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	43 min

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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.