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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 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
- Sep 20, 2013, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2013, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Adams County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 11:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Se Natchez, MS | ROOF TORN OFF A HOME AT 809 KINGSTON ROAD. SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Sep 20, 11:30 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 1 Sw Kingston, MS | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND AN EF-2 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS ESTIMATED AT 115 MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE...MAX PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG KINGSTON RD. BOTH HOMES LOST GOOD PORTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS. OTHER HOUSING MATERIALS WERE THEN FOU |
| Sep 20, 11:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Kingston, MS | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND AN EF-2 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS ESTIMATED AT 115 MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE...MAX PATH WIDTH OF 200 YARDS. TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG KINGSTON RD. BOTH HOMES LOST GOOD PORTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS. OTHER HOUSING MATERIALS WERE THEN FOU |
| Sep 20, 11:54 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 E Cranfield, MS | THIS TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HWY 84 AND RATCLIFFE FARM RD. A COUPLE DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED WITH SEVERAL DOWN ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
175
WFUS54 KJAN 210415
TORJAN
MSC001-210515-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0069.130921T0415Z-130921T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1115 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KINGSTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KINGSTON BY 1130 PM CDT...
CRANFIELD BY 1155 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE COVER NOW.
LAT...LON 3134 9143 3160 9116 3139 9116 3136 9121
3137 9124 3136 9125 3136 9127 3135 9128
3135 9130 3132 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 223DEG 19KT 3134 9134
$$
CME3 follow-up statements
536 WWUS54 KJAN 210428 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1128 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 MSC001-210515- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-130921T0515Z/ ADAMS MS- 1128 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 1128 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CRANFIELD BY 1155 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE COVER NOW. LAT...LON 3136 9127 3141 9135 3160 9116 3142 9116 TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 220DEG 20KT 3140 9128 $$ CME
269 WWUS54 KJAN 210439 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1139 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 MSC001-210515- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-130921T0515Z/ ADAMS MS- 1139 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY... AT 1139 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF CRANFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CRANFIELD BY 1155 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE COVER NOW. LAT...LON 3139 9123 3145 9131 3160 9116 3144 9116 TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 220DEG 20KT 3145 9123 $$ CME
587 WWUS54 KJAN 210449 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1149 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 MSC001-210500- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-130921T0515Z/ ADAMS MS- 1149 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CRANFIELD BY 1155 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3139 9123 3145 9131 3160 9116 3144 9116 TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 220DEG 20KT 3150 9118 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 30 min |
| Sep 20, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, 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.