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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2014, 1:26 PM CST for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
- Dec 23, 2014, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858
WFUS54 KJAN 231926
TORJAN
MSC127-129-232000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0082.141223T1926Z-141223T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
126 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 200 PM CST
* AT 126 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANATORIUM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WHITE OAK AROUND 135 PM CST.
BURNS AROUND 145 PM CST.
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 3184 8974 3194 8987 3205 8977 3205 8973
3209 8973 3222 8961 3223 8933 3216 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 213DEG 46KT 3195 8974
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DHB1 follow-up statement
932
WWUS54 KJAN 231940
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
140 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
MSC127-231950-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-141223T2000Z/
SIMPSON MS-
140 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3194 8965 3212 8967 3222 8961 3223 8936
3222 8933 3217 8932 3216 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 213DEG 46KT 3210 8962
$$
MSC129-232000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-141223T2000Z/
SMITH MS-
140 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM CST...
AT 140 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE OAK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BURNS AROUND 145 PM CST.
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 3194 8965 3212 8967 3222 8961 3223 8936
3222 8933 3217 8932 3216 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 213DEG 46KT 3210 8962
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DHBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 9:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 3:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 4:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 44 min |
| Dec 23, 5:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 56 min |
| Dec 23, 6:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 59 min |
| Dec 23, 6:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 7:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Dec 23, 7:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Dec 23, 8:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 47 min |
| Dec 23, 10:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 10:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 10:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 10:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Dec 23, 10:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 11:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 35 min |
| Dec 23, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Dec 23, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 12:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Dec 23, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 39 min |
| Dec 23, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 38 min |
| Dec 23, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 2:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar | 57 min |
| Dec 23, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 53 min |
| Dec 23, 3:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Dec 23, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 56 min |
| Dec 23, 3:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Dec 23, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 35 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.