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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2014, 2:29 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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
- Apr 4, 2014, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Boyle, MS | POWERLINES DOWN ALONG SHAW SKEENE ROAD. |
| Apr 4, 2:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland, MS | A FEW ROAD SIGNS BLOW DOWN ALONG HWY 61 IN TOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
550
WFUS54 KJAN 040729
TORJAN
MSC011-133-040830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0015.140404T0729Z-140404T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
229 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 229 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEVELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
RULEVILLE AND DREW AROUND 240 AM 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 3384 9060 3387 9046 3359 9046 3366 9087
3379 9084
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 269DEG 49KT 3375 9071
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
821
WWUS54 KJAN 040743 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
243 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
MSC011-040753-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140404T0830Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
243 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3359 9046 3362 9066 3383 9065 3387 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 269DEG 49KT 3375 9048
$$
MSC133-040830-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140404T0830Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-
243 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTY
UNTIL 330 AM CDT...
AT 243 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RULEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
SUNFLOWER COUNTY.
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 3359 9046 3362 9066 3383 9065 3387 9046
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 269DEG 49KT 3375 9048
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$540 WWUS54 KJAN 040801 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 301 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 MSC133-040811- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140404T0830Z/ SUNFLOWER MS- 301 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3359 9046 3362 9066 3383 9065 3387 9046 TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 269DEG 49KT 3375 9018 $$ GRG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 3:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 3:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Yazoo | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 6:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington, Jones | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 116 min |
| Apr 4, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 22 days |
| Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 17 days |
| Apr 4, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 22 days |
| Apr 4, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 26 days |
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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.