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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

February 20, 2014Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 8:32 PM CST for Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 min. 7 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: Feb 20, 2014, 8:32 PM CST (02:32 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Covington County, MS, Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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, 9:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ese Sanford, MS	A MOBILE HOME WAS SHIFTED A FOOT...AND THE DECK AND CANOPY WERE BLOWN AWAY ALONG EDDIE WALKER ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Feb 20, 9:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ese Sanford, MS	DAMAGE TO A HOME ALONG EDDIE WALKER ROAD...POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Feb 20, 9:27 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ese Sanford, MS	MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A HOUSE...FOUR CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DAMAGED...AND A SHOP WAS DAMAGED ALONG JENKINS ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Feb 20, 9:28 PM CST	TORNADO 1	6 Wsw Moselle, MS	SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO 5 CHICKEN HOUSES...MINOR DAMAGE TO 2 HOMES...AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED MANY TREES ALONG 4.5 MILE LONG PATH. MAX WINDS 90 MPH. MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS. ENDED 2 MILES WEST OF MOSELLE AT 935 PM CST.
Feb 20, 9:29 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Moselle, MS	TREE DOWNED PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE ROADWAY AT MONROE ROAD AND STANFORD ROAD
Feb 20, 9:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Moselle, MS	POWER POLES SNAPPED ALONG SANFORD ROAD EAST OF I-59. A METAL CARPORT WAS DAMAGED. AN OAK TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Feb 20, 9:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Moselle, MS	POWER POLES SNAPPED ALONG SANFORD ROAD EAST OF I-59. TIN DEBRIS FOUND IN THE AREA...ORIGINATION POINT UNKNOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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, 6:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

576 
WFUS54 KJAN 210232
TORJAN
MSC031-067-210330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0005.140221T0232Z-140221T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
832 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 832 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR SUMRALL...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SEMINARY AND SANFORD AROUND 840 PM CST.
  ELLISVILLE AROUND 905 PM CST.
  SOSO AROUND 915 PM CST.
  LAUREL AROUND 920 PM CST.
  SANDERSVILLE AROUND 930 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.

LAT...LON 3158 8961 3180 8939 3182 8902 3182 8894
      3155 8895 3144 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 229DEG 28KT 3150 8952

$$

GRG

1 follow-up statement

062 
WWUS54 KJAN 210253
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
853 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

MSC031-067-210330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140221T0330Z/
JONES MS-COVINGTON MS-
853 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN COVINGTON AND
JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CST...

AT 851 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR SANFORD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOSELLE AROUND 915 PM CST.
  ELLISVILLE AROUND 930 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.

LAT...LON 3158 8961 3180 8939 3182 8902 3182 8894
      3155 8895 3144 8941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 229DEG 19KT 3150 8943

$$

GRG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 20, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	55 min
Feb 20, 6:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore	45 min
Feb 20, 6:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	40 min
Feb 20, 6:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	29 min
Feb 20, 6:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	42 min
Feb 20, 6:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Montgomery, Webster	30 min
Feb 20, 7:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	30 min
Feb 20, 7:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	63 min
Feb 20, 7:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Warren, Yazoo	31 min
Feb 20, 7:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	44 min
Feb 20, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	44 min
Feb 20, 7:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw	51 min
Feb 20, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	62 min
Feb 20, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	52 min
Feb 20, 8:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	3 hr
Feb 20, 8:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	32 min
Feb 20, 8:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	51 min
Feb 20, 8:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	45 min
Feb 20, 8:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	23 min
Feb 20, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	63 min
Feb 20, 9:22 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Oktibbeha	98 min
Feb 20, 9:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	49 min
Feb 20, 9:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	116 min
Feb 20, 9:39 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	3 hr
Feb 20, 10:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	32 min
Feb 20, 10:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	3 hr
Feb 20, 10:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Marion	50 min
Feb 20, 10:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	57 min
Feb 20, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	46 min
Feb 20, 10:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	29 min
Feb 20, 10:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	37 min
Feb 20, 11:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	3 hr
Feb 20, 11:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	64 min
Feb 20, 11:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	29 min
Feb 20, 11:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	3 hr
Feb 20, 11:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	31 min
Feb 20, 11:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	114 min
Feb 21, 12:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	3 hr
Feb 21, 1:12 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	3 hr
Feb 21, 2:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	3 hr

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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.