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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 10:31 PM CST for Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 10:40 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Goodwater, MS | REPORTED IN THE BEAVERDAM COMMUNITY. POWER OUTAGES ALSO REPORTED IN THE AREA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577 WFUS54 KJAN 210431 TORJAN MSC023-061-210500- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0008.140221T0431Z-140221T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1031 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1100 PM CST * AT 1032 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR SANDERSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... GOODWATER AND BARNETT AROUND 1045 PM CST. PACHUTA AROUND 1050 PM CST. DE SOTO AROUND 1055 PM CST. QUITMAN AROUND 1100 PM CST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3203 8854 3182 8880 3182 8902 3214 8888 TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 220DEG 32KT 3185 8894 $$ BYB
1 follow-up statement
335 WWUS54 KJAN 210457 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1057 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 MSC023-061-210507- /O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140221T0500Z/ JASPER MS-CLARKE MS- 1057 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3203 8854 3182 8880 3182 8902 3214 8888 TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 220DEG 32KT 3202 8877 $$ BYB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Feb 20, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 6:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 6:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 42 min |
| Feb 20, 6:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 7:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 63 min |
| Feb 20, 7:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Warren, Yazoo | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 7:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 62 min |
| Feb 20, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 52 min |
| Feb 20, 8:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 8:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 58 min |
| Feb 20, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 8:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 23 min |
| Feb 20, 9:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 63 min |
| Feb 20, 9:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 98 min |
| Feb 20, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 9:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 116 min |
| Feb 20, 9:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 10:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 57 min |
| Feb 20, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 11:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 64 min |
| Feb 20, 11:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 11:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 11:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 114 min |
| Feb 21, 12:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:18 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
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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.