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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

March 28, 2014Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2014, 8:57 PM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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
Mar 28, 8:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 85	5 Se Portland, AR	SWATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR HIGHWAY 165 BETWEEN PORTLAND AND PARKDALE. EIGHT WOODEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF TO THE EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 165 SOUTH OF PORTLAND. AN OUTBUILDING WAS FLIPPED OVER TO THE EAST AS WELL ALONG EMPIRE ROAD JUST INSID
Mar 28, 9:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Portland, AR	DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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
Mar 28, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

272 
WFUS54 KJAN 290157
TORJAN
ARC003-017-290245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0013.140329T0157Z-140329T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
857 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...
  CENTRAL CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  CHICOT JUNCTION AND EUDORA AROUND 920 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 3337 9112 3335 9114 3330 9114 3324 9110
      3328 9108 3328 9104 3326 9104 3322 9109
      3315 9108 3313 9111 3315 9117 3311 9120
      3311 9156 3328 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 268DEG 28KT 3318 9147

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BK

1 follow-up statement

234 
WWUS54 KJAN 290213
SVSJAN

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

ARC003-290223-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140329T0245Z/
ASHLEY AR-
913 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ASHLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3337 9112 3335 9114 3330 9114 3324 9110
      3328 9108 3328 9104 3325 9105 3322 9109
      3315 9108 3313 9111 3315 9117 3313 9120
      3311 9120 3311 9146 3330 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 268DEG 28KT 3318 9133

$$

ARC017-290245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140329T0245Z/
CHICOT AR-
913 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHICOT COUNTY
UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 913 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CHICOT JUNCTION...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  CHICOT JUNCTION AND EUDORA AROUND 920 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 3337 9112 3335 9114 3330 9114 3324 9110
      3328 9108 3328 9104 3325 9105 3322 9109
      3315 9108 3313 9111 3315 9117 3313 9120
      3311 9120 3311 9146 3330 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 268DEG 28KT 3318 9133

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Chicot	54 min
Mar 28, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	44 min
Mar 28, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	52 min
Mar 28, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	44 min
Mar 28, 9:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Chicot	2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.