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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

January 29, 2013Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2013, 7:07 PM CST for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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: Jan 29, 2013, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2013, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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
Jan 29, 7:27 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Leland, MS	REPORTS THAT A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF AT LILLOS RESTAURANT ON HIGHWAY 82 EAST.

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
Jan 29, 5:37 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

984 
WFUS54 KJAN 300107
TORJAN
MSC151-300145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0007.130130T0107Z-130130T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
707 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVON...LELAND...HOLLANDALE...

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 707 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  GLEN ALLAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ESTILL AND HOLLANDALE BY 715 PM CST...
  DARLOVE BY 720 PM CST...
  TRIBBETT AND LELAND BY 725 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 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3352 9075 3327 9076 3327 9073 3325 9073
      3301 9104 3311 9114 3313 9112 3314 9109
      3318 9108 3322 9106 3353 9084 3353 9077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 221DEG 52KT 3314 9102

$$

BYB

2 follow-up statements

387 
WWUS54 KJAN 300119
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
719 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

MSC151-300145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T0145Z/
WASHINGTON MS-
719 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 719 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ESTILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TRIBBETT AND LELAND BY 730 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 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3352 9076 3345 9076 3329 9076 3317 9092
      3322 9104 3341 9093 3350 9086 3353 9083
      3353 9077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 216DEG 48KT 3327 9091

$$

BYB

710 
WWUS54 KJAN 300140
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
740 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

MSC151-300150-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T0145Z/
WASHINGTON MS-
740 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3352 9076 3345 9076 3329 9076 3317 9092
      3322 9104 3341 9093 3350 9086 3353 9083
      3353 9077
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 216DEG 48KT 3350 9071

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 6:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	67 min
Jan 29, 6:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	32 min
Jan 29, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	49 min
Jan 29, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower	64 min
Jan 29, 7:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	31 min
Jan 29, 8:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sunflower	30 min
Jan 29, 9:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	66 min
Jan 29, 10:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	62 min
Jan 29, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	59 min
Jan 29, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	56 min
Jan 30, 12:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	87 min
Jan 30, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore	86 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery, Yazoo	95 min
Jan 30, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	96 min
Jan 30, 2:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Webster	83 min
Jan 30, 2:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	57 min
Jan 30, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	58 min
Jan 30, 2:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	40 min
Jan 30, 3:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	39 min
Jan 30, 3:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	51 min
Jan 30, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston	62 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	55 min
Jan 30, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	64 min
Jan 30, 3:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	48 min
Jan 30, 3:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	77 min
Jan 30, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	79 min
Jan 30, 4:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 17 more	13 hr
Jan 30, 4:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	76 min
Jan 30, 4:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	41 min
Jan 30, 5:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson, Smith	51 min
Jan 30, 5:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	47 min
Jan 30, 6:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	58 min
Jan 30, 6:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	46 min
Jan 30, 6:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	51 min
Jan 30, 6:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	57 min
Jan 30, 6:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	47 min
Jan 30, 7:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	48 min
Jan 30, 7:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	50 min
Jan 30, 7:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	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.