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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2014, 6:33 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 11 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
- Jul 23, 2014, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2014, 6:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683
WFUS54 KJAN 232333
TORJAN
MSC121-240000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0067.140723T2333Z-140724T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
633 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 631 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED OVER
PELAHATCHIE BAY NEAR FANNIN...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL RANKIN
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A WATERSPOUT TORNADO IS OCCURRING. 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 3236 8998 3239 9007 3243 9006 3245 9003
3241 8996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 182DEG 1KT 3239 9002
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
546
WWUS54 KJAN 232344
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
644 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
MSC121-232353-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-140724T0000Z/
RANKIN MS-
644 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE WATERSPOUT HAS LIFTED AND THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3236 8998 3239 9007 3243 9006 3245 9003
3241 8996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 182DEG 1KT 3239 9002
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 11:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 19 min |
| Jul 23, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 13 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.