Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2014

Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS

March 28, 2014Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2014, 6:18 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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: Mar 28, 2014, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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
Mar 28, 6:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	7 W Portland, AR	DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
Mar 28, 6:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Portland, AR	ABOUT 10 POWER POLES SNAPPED AT THE BASE. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. POSSIBLE TORNADO
Mar 28, 6:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 S Montrose, AR

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
Mar 28, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

167 
WFUS54 KJAN 282318
TORJAN
ARC003-282345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0011.140328T2318Z-140328T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
618 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF SNYDER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORTLAND AND MONTROSE AROUND 635 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO 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 AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 9176 3336 9146 3315 9146 3313 9171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 263DEG 24KT 3320 9164

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

234 
WWUS54 KJAN 282327
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
627 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

ARC003-282345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140328T2345Z/
ASHLEY AR-
627 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ASHLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORTLAND AND MONTROSE AROUND 640 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO 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 AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3317 9146 3317 9166 3329 9169 3336 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 267DEG 21KT 3320 9159

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	62 min
Mar 28, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	61 min
Mar 28, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	59 min
Mar 28, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	67 min
Mar 28, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2014 Every tornado warning in 2014 Tornadoes in 2014

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.