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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS

April 28, 2014Kemper County, Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:54 PM CDT for Kemper County, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Apr 28, 8:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Scooba, MS	LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN WITH ONE THROUGH THE ROOF OF A HOUSE.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 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.

812 
WFUS54 KJAN 290054
TORJAN
MSC069-099-290200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0059.140429T0054Z-140429T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORESTDALE...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 BE NEAR...
  BLUFF SPRINGS AROUND 805 PM CDT.
  DE KALB AROUND 815 PM CDT.
  ELECTRIC MILLS AROUND 830 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SCOOBA.

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 3272 8837 3264 8900 3280 8903 3286 8902
      3293 8857 3293 8835 3292 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 259DEG 39KT 3276 8894

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

$$

CME

3 follow-up statements

712 
WWUS54 KJAN 290109
SVSJAN

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

MSC099-290120-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
NESHOBA MS-
809 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

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

THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3272 8837 3267 8879 3289 8884 3293 8857
      3293 8835 3292 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 259DEG 39KT 3279 8874

$$

MSC069-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
KEMPER MS-
809 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF SPRINGS...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 BE NEAR...
  DE KALB AROUND 815 PM CDT.
  ELECTRIC MILLS AROUND 830 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SCOOBA.

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 3272 8837 3267 8879 3289 8884 3293 8857
      3293 8835 3292 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 259DEG 39KT 3279 8874

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

$$

CME

793 
WWUS54 KJAN 290125
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
KEMPER MS-
825 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 825 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DE KALB...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 BE NEAR...
  ELECTRIC MILLS AROUND 830 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SCOOBA.

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 3272 8837 3268 8867 3291 8872 3291 8871
      3293 8857 3293 8835 3292 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 260DEG 37KT 3281 8854

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

$$

CME

953 
WWUS54 KJAN 290137
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
KEMPER MS-
837 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 837 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELECTRIC MILLS...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 NORTHEASTERN
KEMPER 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 3272 8837 3270 8851 3271 8852 3293 8857
      3293 8835 3292 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 260DEG 37KT 3283 8839

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

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	57 min
Apr 28, 7:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	2 hr
Apr 28, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	39 min
Apr 28, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	41 min
Apr 28, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	54 min
Apr 28, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	53 min
Apr 28, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	37 min
Apr 28, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	52 min
Apr 28, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	54 min
Apr 28, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton, Scott	4 hr
Apr 28, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	3 days
Apr 28, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	67 min
Apr 28, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton	67 min
Apr 28, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Winston	12 hr
Apr 28, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	51 min
Apr 28, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	62 min
Apr 28, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	52 min
Apr 28, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	39 min
Apr 28, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	65 min
Apr 28, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones, Smith	39 min
Apr 28, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	66 min
Apr 28, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	55 min
Apr 28, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	4 hr
Apr 28, 10:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Smith	4 hr
Apr 28, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	60 min
Apr 28, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	77 min
Apr 28, 11:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	4 hr
Apr 29, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	5 days
Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Clarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jones and 10 more	15 hr
Apr 29, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	32 min
Apr 29, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	42 min
Apr 29, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	44 min
Apr 29, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	65 min
Apr 29, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin, Scott	28 min
Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Winston	55 min
Apr 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Oktibbeha	47 min
Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha, Winston	38 min
Apr 29, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	40 min
Apr 29, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	29 min
Apr 29, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	38 min
Apr 29, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	62 min
Apr 29, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	60 min
Apr 29, 4:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Leake, Neshoba	4 hr
Apr 29, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	53 min
Apr 29, 5:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	2 hr
Apr 29, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	55 min
Apr 29, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	42 min
Apr 29, 5:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	4 hr
Apr 29, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	48 min
Apr 29, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	43 min
Apr 29, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	67 min
Apr 29, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	58 min

Nearby

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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.