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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 6:41 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sse Columbus, MS | DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MS HIGHWAY 69 AND MS HIGHWAY 182 |
| Apr 28, 6:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | Columbus, MS | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT NEW HOPE AND HIGHWAY 182 |
| Apr 28, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Columbus, MS | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 82 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 12. WINDS ESTIMATED ABOUT 75-80 MPH. REPORTED BY SPOTTER. |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
822
WFUS54 KJAN 282341
TORJAN
MSC087-290045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0053.140428T2341Z-140429T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
641 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 641 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
STEENS AROUND 650 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 3361 8826 3355 8826 3355 8827 3349 8827
3348 8828 3339 8829 3333 8840 3348 8853
3364 8826 3362 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 236DEG 47KT 3346 8837
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JC3 follow-up statements
457
WWUS54 KJAN 282349
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1149 PM GMT MON APR 28 2014
MSC087-290045-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140429T0045Z/
LOWNDES MS-
649 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 649 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ON THE EAST
SIDE OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LOWNDES
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3361 8826 3355 8826 3355 8827 3349 8827
3348 8828 3339 8829 3333 8840 3348 8853
3364 8826 3362 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 233DEG 46KT 3353 8829
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JC561
WWUS54 KJAN 282357
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
657 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC087-290045-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140429T0045Z/
LOWNDES MS-
657 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES
COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 657 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF
STEENS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
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 3361 8826 3355 8826 3355 8827 3349 8827
3348 8828 3339 8829 3338 8833 3356 8835
3364 8826 3362 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 251DEG 24KT 3351 8825
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JC843
WWUS54 KJAN 282359 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
659 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC087-290010-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140429T0045Z/
LOWNDES MS-
659 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3361 8826 3355 8826 3355 8827 3349 8827
3348 8828 3339 8829 3338 8833 3356 8835
3364 8826 3362 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 251DEG 24KT 3352 8823
$$
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, 4:37 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, 6:49 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.