Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 5:45 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
685
WFUS54 KJAN 202345
TORJAN
MSC067-210015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0001.140220T2345Z-140221T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
545 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST
* AT 545 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OVETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TUCKERS CROSSING AROUND 550 PM CST.
MILL CREEK AROUND 605 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3144 8915 3144 8925 3159 8920 3178 8894
3144 8894 3143 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 235DEG 32KT 3154 8910
$$
GRG2 follow-up statements
831
WWUS54 KJAN 202357
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
557 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
MSC067-210015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T0015Z/
JONES MS-
557 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CST...
AT 554 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR TUCKERS CROSSING...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILL CREEK AROUND 610 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3144 8915 3157 8915 3168 8904 3178 8894
3144 8894 3143 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 235DEG 29KT 3159 8901
$$
GRG943
WWUS54 KJAN 210005
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
605 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
MSC067-210015-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T0015Z/
JONES MS-
605 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3144 8915 3157 8915 3168 8904 3178 8894
3144 8894 3143 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 235DEG 29KT 3163 8895
$$
GRGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 67 min |
| Feb 20, 3:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 3:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 54 min |
| Feb 20, 4:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 4:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 43 min |
| Feb 20, 4:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 5:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 5:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 5:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Feb 20, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.