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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

February 21, 2013Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 2013, 10:01 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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 21, 2013, 10:01 PM CST (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2013, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10:31 PM CST	TORNADO 2	4 Nne Society Hill, MS	THE TORNADO STARTED ALONG SMITH LANE AND MOVED NE...THE TORNADO PEAKED AS IT MOVED ALONG GREEN CREEK RD AND CARSON-BUNKER HILL RD. TWO WELL BUILT FRAME HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED...POWER POLES SNAPPED AND A WELL BUILT FARM BUILDING WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL OTHER
Feb 21, 10:34 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Ssw Carson, MS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR THE GREENS CREEK COMMUNITY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. DUAL POL RADAR DATA SUGGESTED TORNADO AS WELL.

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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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

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The text

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

955 
WFUS54 KJAN 220401
TORJAN
MSC065-077-091-220445-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0041.130222T0401Z-130222T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1001 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1001 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JAYESS
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TILTON AND ROBINWOOD BY 1010 PM CST...
  OAK VALE...ARM AND SOCIETY HILL BY 1015 PM CST...
  PROGRESS BY 1020 PM CST...
  CARSON AND PRENTISS BY 1025 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 3130 9004 3133 9005 3134 9011 3134 9024
      3143 9024 3168 8976 3161 8975 3158 8970
      3155 8962 3151 8959 3150 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 240DEG 52KT 3136 9017

$$

DC

2 follow-up statements

946 
WWUS54 KJAN 220409
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1009 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

MSC065-077-091-220445-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130222T0445Z/
MARION MS-LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
1009 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHWESTERN MARION
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 TILTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TILTON AND ROBINWOOD BY 1015 PM CST...
  OAK VALE AND ARM BY 1020 PM CST...
  SOCIETY HILL AND PROGRESS BY 1025 PM CST...
  CARSON AND PRENTISS BY 1035 PM CST...
  BASSFIELD BY 1040 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 3130 9004 3133 9005 3134 9011 3134 9018
      3136 9021 3145 9020 3168 8976 3161 8975
      3158 8970 3154 8962 3151 8959 3150 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 242DEG 40KT 3139 9009

$$

DC

407 
WWUS54 KJAN 220430
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

MSC077-220440-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130222T0445Z/
LAWRENCE MS-
1030 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3140 8996 3152 8996 3153 8998 3161 8975
      3158 8970 3154 8962 3151 8959 3150 8959
      3139 8985
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 252DEG 34KT 3144 8986

$$

MSC065-091-220445-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130222T0445Z/
MARION MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
1030 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND NORTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES...

AT 1030 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOCIETY HILL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BASSFIELD AND CARSON BY 1040 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 3140 8996 3152 8996 3153 8998 3161 8975
      3158 8970 3154 8962 3151 8959 3150 8959
      3139 8985
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 252DEG 34KT 3144 8986

$$

DC

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, 7:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	51 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, 10:20 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.