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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

April 4, 2014Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2014, 3:03 AM CDT for Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 4, 2014, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Carroll County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

493 
WFUS54 KJAN 040803
TORJAN
MSC015-083-040830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0016.140404T0803Z-140404T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
303 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 303 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ITTA BENA...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...
  TEOC AROUND 315 AM CDT.
  MALMAISON AROUND 320 AM CDT.
  NORTH CARROLLTON AROUND 325 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARROLLTON.

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 3363 8981 3335 8981 3344 9037 3362 9035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0803Z 274DEG 47KT 3352 9024

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

AEG

1 follow-up statement

069 
WWUS54 KJAN 040819
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
319 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

MSC083-040828-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140404T0830Z/
LEFLORE MS-
319 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM.

LAT...LON 3335 8981 3340 9012 3346 9011 3346 9010
      3353 9010 3361 9009 3363 8982 3363 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 274DEG 47KT 3350 9006

$$

MSC015-040830-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140404T0830Z/
CARROLL MS-
319 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY
UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

AT 318 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MALMAISON...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...
  NORTH CARROLLTON AROUND 325 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARROLLTON.

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 3335 8981 3340 9012 3346 9011 3346 9010
      3353 9010 3361 9009 3363 8982 3363 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 274DEG 47KT 3350 9006

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

AEG

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, 2:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	61 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, 3:20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.