Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 20, 2013, 5:24 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2013, 5:24 PM CST (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2013, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hinds County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 202324
TORJAN
MSC049-210015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0073.131220T2324Z-131221T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
524 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST
* AT 522 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR EDWARDS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BOLTON AROUND 540 PM CST.
BROWNSVILLE AROUND 555 PM CST.
POCAHONTAS AROUND 615 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3217 9061 3237 9064 3249 9044 3249 9025
3240 9025 3232 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 228DEG 20KT 3231 9056
$$
GRG4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KJAN 202332
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
532 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
MSC049-210015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-131221T0015Z/
HINDS MS-
532 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CST...
AT 532 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDWARDS...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BOLTON AROUND 540 PM CST.
BROWNSVILLE AROUND 555 PM CST.
POCAHONTAS AROUND 615 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3241 9057 3249 9044 3248 9025 3240 9025
3232 9027 3228 9058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 228DEG 20KT 3234 9053
$$
GRG000
WWUS54 KJAN 202337
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
537 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
MSC049-210015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-131221T0015Z/
HINDS MS-
537 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CST...
AT 537 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR BOLTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BROWNSVILLE AROUND 550 PM CST.
POCAHONTAS AROUND 610 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3249 9044 3248 9025 3240 9025 3232 9027
3229 9054 3239 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 229DEG 23KT 3236 9049
$$
GRG000
WWUS54 KJAN 202345
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
545 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
MSC049-210015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-131221T0015Z/
HINDS MS-
545 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CST...
AT 545 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR BOLTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BROWNSVILLE AROUND 550 PM CST.
POCAHONTAS AROUND 610 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3249 9044 3248 9025 3240 9025 3232 9027
3233 9049 3241 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 229DEG 23KT 3239 9044
$$
GRG645
WWUS54 KJAN 210003
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
MSC049-210013-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-131221T0015Z/
HINDS MS-
603 PM CST FRI DEC 20 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSON.
LAT...LON 3249 9044 3248 9025 3240 9025 3232 9027
3233 9049 3241 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 229DEG 23KT 3247 9034
$$
GRGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 11:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne | 32 min |
| Dec 20, 3:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Dec 20, 4:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 32 min |
| Dec 20, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 49 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.