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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 5:52 PM CST for Leflore County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Itta Bena, MS | TREES AND UTILITY POLES DOWNED ALONG MS HIGHWAY 7 IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
460
WFUS54 KJAN 202352
TORJAN
MSC083-133-210045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.140220T2352Z-140221T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
552 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 552 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR INVERNESS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOORHEAD AROUND 605 PM CST.
ITTA BENA AND QUITO AROUND 620 PM CST.
SCHLATER AROUND 630 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 3374 9023 3373 9022 3343 9024 3331 9045
3333 9046 3333 9056 3327 9056 3327 9072
3336 9077 3371 9028 3370 9027 3372 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 232DEG 35KT 3334 9062
$$
MRM2 follow-up statements
447
WWUS54 KJAN 210007
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
MSC083-133-210045-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0045Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS-
607 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LEFLORE AND
CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST...
AT 606 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR MOORHEAD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGAN CITY AROUND 615 PM CST.
ITTA BENA AND QUITO AROUND 620 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3373 9026 3374 9023 3373 9022 3343 9024
3331 9045 3333 9046 3333 9056 3332 9060
3353 9054 3371 9028 3370 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 232DEG 35KT 3341 9045
$$
MRM776
WWUS54 KJAN 210023
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
623 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
MSC083-133-210034-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0045Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS-
623 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LEFLORE AND CENTRAL SUNFLOWER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
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 3373 9026 3374 9023 3373 9022 3343 9024
3331 9045 3333 9046 3333 9056 3332 9060
3353 9054 3371 9028 3370 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 232DEG 35KT 3348 9028
$$
MRMThe 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, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 5:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.