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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS

April 28, 2014Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:36 PM CDT for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2014, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 12:39 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1160 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

324 
WFUS54 KJAN 290036
TORJAN
MSC103-290130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0056.140429T0036Z-140429T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
736 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACON...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 BE NEAR...
  PAULETTE AROUND 750 PM CDT.
  PRAIRIE POINT AROUND 755 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 8831 3301 8833 3300 8834 3293 8867
      3313 8876 3325 8831 3321 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 252DEG 33KT 3304 8859

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JC
2 follow-up statements
847 
WWUS54 KJAN 290056
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
756 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

MSC103-290130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-140429T0130Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
756 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 756 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PRAIRIE POINT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 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 EASTERN
NOXUBEE 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 3321 8831 3301 8833 3300 8834 3297 8847
      3319 8848 3325 8831 3321 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 250DEG 38KT 3310 8837

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JC
716 
WWUS54 KJAN 290105
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
805 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

MSC103-290116-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-140429T0130Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
805 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3321 8831 3301 8833 3300 8834 3297 8847
      3319 8848 3325 8831 3321 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 250DEG 38KT 3314 8825

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson57 min
Apr 28, 7:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott2 hr
Apr 28, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee39 min
Apr 28, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba41 min
Apr 28, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton, Scott53 min
Apr 28, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin37 min
Apr 28, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson52 min
Apr 28, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba66 min
Apr 28, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith54 min
Apr 28, 8:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale, Newton, Scott4 hr
Apr 28, 8:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala3 days
Apr 28, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith67 min
Apr 28, 8:23 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANKemper, Lauderdale, Newton67 min
Apr 28, 8:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANWinston12 hr
Apr 28, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis51 min
Apr 28, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Smith62 min
Apr 28, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale52 min
Apr 28, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson39 min
Apr 28, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones65 min
Apr 28, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones, Smith39 min
Apr 28, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones66 min
Apr 28, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones55 min
Apr 28, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jones4 hr
Apr 28, 10:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Smith4 hr
Apr 28, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones60 min
Apr 28, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion77 min
Apr 28, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion4 hr
Apr 29, 2:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClarke5 days
Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANClarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jones and 10 more15 hr
Apr 29, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin32 min
Apr 29, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison42 min
Apr 29, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln44 min
Apr 29, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott65 min
Apr 29, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin, Scott28 min
Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston55 min
Apr 29, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha47 min
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha, Winston38 min
Apr 29, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott40 min
Apr 29, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba29 min
Apr 29, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln38 min
Apr 29, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper62 min
Apr 29, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba60 min
Apr 29, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Leake, Neshoba4 hr
Apr 29, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence53 min
Apr 29, 5:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLowndes2 hr
Apr 29, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence55 min
Apr 29, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln42 min
Apr 29, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Noxubee4 hr
Apr 29, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith48 min
Apr 29, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba43 min
Apr 29, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington67 min
Apr 29, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.