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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 21, 2013, 4:13 PM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Dec 21, 2013, 4:13 PM CST (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2013, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ashley County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 4:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Hamburg, AR | A FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS CO ROADS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 992 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687
WFUS54 KJAN 212213
TORJAN
ARC003-212245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0075.131221T2213Z-131221T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
413 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 409 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR NORTH CROSSETT...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FOUNTAIN HILL AROUND 420 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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3325 9207 3327 9205 3330 9198 3332 9198
3340 9188 3340 9161 3339 9161 3314 9193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 226DEG 58KT 3324 9191
$$
BYB1 follow-up statement
133
WWUS54 KJAN 212245
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
445 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
ARC003-212255-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-131221T2245Z/
ASHLEY AR-
445 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ASHLEY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3325 9207 3327 9205 3330 9198 3332 9198
3340 9188 3340 9161 3339 9161 3314 9193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 226DEG 58KT 3360 9146
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 80 min |
| Dec 21, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 36 min |
| Dec 21, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 52 min |
| Dec 21, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 27 min |
| Dec 21, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 39 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.