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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Jackson, MS

April 28, 20144 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 8:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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, 8:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	White Oak, MS	TREES DOWN
Apr 28, 8:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pineville, MS	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE N AND NE PART OF THE COUNTY

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
Apr 28, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 2782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 16.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

720 
WFUS54 KJAN 290106
TORJAN
MSC061-101-123-129-290200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0060.140429T0106Z-140429T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE OAK...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  BURNS AND RALEIGH AROUND 820 PM CDT.
  PINEVILLE AROUND 830 PM CDT.
  ROBERTS AROUND 850 PM CDT.
  GARLANDVILLE AROUND 855 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MONTROSE.

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 3201 8966 3204 8967 3205 8972 3222 8971
      3236 8911 3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 254DEG 35KT 3208 8969

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

CME

4 follow-up statements

006 
WWUS54 KJAN 290121
SVSJAN

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

MSC061-101-123-129-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-NEWTON MS-JASPER MS-
821 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER...
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHEASTERN SMITH
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 822 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  ROBERTS AROUND 845 PM CDT.
  GARLANDVILLE AROUND 850 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LOUIN AND MONTROSE.

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 3202 8959 3225 8956 3236 8911 3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 258DEG 36KT 3213 8946

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

CME

034 
WWUS54 KJAN 290130
SVSJAN

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

MSC123-290140-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
SCOTT MS-
830 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3205 8940 3220 8942 3223 8933 3227 8911
      3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 258DEG 36KT 3215 8935

$$

MSC061-101-129-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
SMITH MS-NEWTON MS-JASPER MS-
830 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER...
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM
CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEVILLE...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...
  ROBERTS AROUND 840 PM CDT.
  GARLANDVILLE AROUND 850 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LOUIN AND MONTROSE.

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 3205 8940 3220 8942 3223 8933 3227 8911
      3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 258DEG 36KT 3215 8935

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

$$

CME

035 
WWUS54 KJAN 290141
SVSJAN

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

MSC129-290152-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
SMITH MS-
841 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3207 8930 3223 8928 3227 8911 3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 258DEG 36KT 3217 8917

$$

MSC061-101-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
NEWTON MS-JASPER MS-
841 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JASPER AND
SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 842 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBERTS...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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
JASPER AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...GARLANDVILLE.

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 3207 8930 3223 8928 3227 8911 3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 258DEG 36KT 3217 8917

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

$$

CME

695 
WWUS54 KJAN 290147
SVSJAN

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

MSC101-290157-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
NEWTON MS-
847 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3207 8930 3221 8928 3221 8911 3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 258DEG 36KT 3218 8911

$$

MSC061-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/
JASPER MS-
847 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 847 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GARLANDVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3207 8930 3221 8928 3221 8911 3206 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 258DEG 36KT 3218 8911

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	66 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.