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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 2:31 PM CDT for Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Attala County, MS, Holmes County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 N Hesterville, MS | IN THE CARMACK COMMUNITY |
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 28, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 543 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
277
WFUS54 KJAN 281931 RRA
TORJAN
MSC007-051-282030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0033.140428T1931Z-140428T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
231 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 231 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDWAY...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EBENEZER AROUND 240 PM CDT.
BROZVILLE AROUND 245 PM CDT.
FRANKLIN AROUND 250 PM CDT.
GOODMAN AROUND 255 PM CDT.
MCMILLAN AROUND 300 PM CDT.
DURANT AROUND 305 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SALLIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3301 8951 3289 9000 3298 9026 3326 8967
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 247DEG 38KT 3292 9022
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DHB1 follow-up statement
937
WWUS54 KJAN 282023
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
323 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC051-282034-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140428T2030Z/
HOLMES MS-
323 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3310 8957 3307 8975 3318 8977 3326 8967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 252DEG 34KT 3318 8960
$$
MSC007-282030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140428T2030Z/
ATTALA MS-
323 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 324 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HESTERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ATTALA
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 3310 8957 3307 8975 3318 8977 3326 8967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 252DEG 34KT 3318 8960
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 9:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 3 days |
| Apr 28, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 6 days |
| Apr 28, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 7 days |
| Apr 28, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 8 days |
| Apr 28, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 5 days |
| Apr 28, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 5 days |
| Apr 28, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery, Webster | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Neshoba, Winston | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Yazoo | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Montgomery and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Winston | 114 min |
| Apr 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 55 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.