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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 4:37 PM CDT for Noxubee County, Oktibbeha County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min. 8 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 28, 2014, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Catastrophic
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | Louisville, MS | SEVERAL SOURCES ARE REPORTING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AROUND LOUISVILLE |
| Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 7 Ssw Oktoc, MS | THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE NOXUBEE WILDLIFE REFUGE AND TRAVELED NE INTO SE OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...UPROOTING TREES ALONG SKINNER RD BEFORE IT LIFTED. EST MAX WIND 105 MPH. PATH LENGTH 7.5 MILES. EST MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS. |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 4 E Betheden, MS | SEVERAL VEHICLES DAMAGED ALONG THE BLUFF LAKE RD AREA. |
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 Ssw Oktoc, MS | THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE NOXUBEE WILDLIFE REFUGE AND TRAVELED NE INTO SE OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...UPROOTING TREES ALONG SKINNER RD BEFORE IT LIFTED. EST MAX WIND 85 MPH. PATH LENGTH 5.4 MILES. EST MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS. |
| Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 W Brooksville, MS | TREES DOWN NEAR BLUFF LAKE |
| Apr 28, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Crawford, MS | EM REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ALONG WITH DIME SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 28, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Crawford, MS | EM REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ALONG WITH DIME SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONAL REPORT OF TOPS TORN OFF TREES IN THIS AREA THAT ALSO EXTENDS BACK SW TOWARD BLUFF LAKE...LIKELY TORNADO. |
| Apr 28, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Wnw Crawford, MS |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
523
WFUS54 KJAN 282137
TORJAN
MSC103-105-159-282230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0042.140428T2137Z-140428T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
437 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 437 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE...VIOLENT AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTER RIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MILLCREEK AROUND 450 PM CDT.
BETHEDEN AROUND 455 PM CDT.
OKTOC AROUND 520 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3321 8853 3303 8896 3315 8911 3346 8886
3332 8867 3329 8867 3329 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 229DEG 27KT 3310 8902
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BK3 follow-up statements
084
WWUS54 KJAN 282153
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
953 PM GMT MON APR 28 2014
MSC103-105-159-282230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-140428T2230Z/
WINSTON MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-NOXUBEE MS-
453 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE...
SOUTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA AND NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...
AT 453 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTER RIDGE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BETHEDEN AROUND 505 PM CDT.
CRAIG SPRINGS AROUND 510 PM CDT.
OKTOC AROUND 520 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 8853 3303 8896 3315 8911 3346 8886
3332 8867 3329 8867 3329 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 213DEG 38KT 3311 8896
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BK822
WWUS54 KJAN 282207
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
507 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC103-105-159-282230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-140428T2230Z/
WINSTON MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-NOXUBEE MS-
507 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE...
SOUTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA AND NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...
AT 508 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLCREEK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
OKTOC AROUND 520 PM CDT.
BROOKSVILLE AROUND 525 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 3321 8853 3306 8900 3315 8911 3346 8886
3332 8867 3329 8867 3329 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 234DEG 37KT 3320 8883
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
JC987
WWUS54 KJAN 282225 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC103-105-159-282236-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-140428T2230Z/
WINSTON MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-NOXUBEE MS-
525 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE...SOUTHEASTERN
OKTIBBEHA AND NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3321 8853 3306 8900 3315 8911 3346 8886
3332 8867 3329 8867 3329 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 234DEG 37KT 3331 8865
$$
JCThe 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, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 59 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, 4:41 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.