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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

March 16, 2014Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2014, 5:25 AM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 16, 2014, 5:25 AM CDT (10:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 4:51 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

153 
WFUS54 KJAN 161025
TORJAN
MSC073-091-161100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0009.140316T1025Z-140316T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 525 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR SANDY HOOK...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BAXTERVILLE AROUND 535 AM CDT.
  LUMBERTON AROUND 540 AM CDT.
  PURVIS AROUND 545 AM CDT.

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 NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3099 8948 3101 8951 3100 8955 3100 8974
      3104 8977 3108 8975 3121 8935 3100 8935
      3100 8941 3098 8943 3097 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 1025Z 258DEG 42KT 3104 8970

$$

JA

3 follow-up statements

569 
WWUS54 KJAN 161034
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
534 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

MSC091-161043-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140316T1100Z/
MARION MS-
534 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

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

THE THREAT HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3100 8942 3098 8943 3097 8947 3099 8948
      3101 8951 3101 8954 3100 8955 3100 8966
      3111 8966 3121 8935 3100 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 258DEG 42KT 3106 8959

$$

MSC073-161100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140316T1100Z/
LAMAR MS-
534 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY
UNTIL 600 AM CDT...

AT 530 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR BAXTERVILLE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LUMBERTON AROUND 540 AM CDT.
  PURVIS AROUND 550 AM CDT.

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 NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3100 8942 3098 8943 3097 8947 3099 8948
      3101 8951 3101 8954 3100 8955 3100 8966
      3111 8966 3121 8935 3100 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 258DEG 42KT 3106 8959

$$

JA

451 
WWUS54 KJAN 161044
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
544 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

MSC073-161100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140316T1100Z/
LAMAR MS-
544 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY
UNTIL 600 AM CDT...

AT 541 AM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PURVIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LAMAR COUNTY.

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 NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3100 8942 3098 8943 3097 8947 3099 8948
      3101 8951 3101 8954 3100 8955 3101 8955
      3115 8955 3121 8935 3100 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 258DEG 42KT 3109 8942

$$

JA

949 
WWUS54 KJAN 161055
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
555 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

MSC073-161105-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140316T1100Z/
LAMAR MS-
555 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 AM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3100 8942 3098 8943 3097 8947 3099 8948
      3101 8951 3101 8954 3100 8955 3101 8955
      3115 8955 3121 8935 3100 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1055Z 258DEG 42KT 3111 8927

$$

JA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	29 min
Mar 16, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	31 min
Mar 16, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	31 min
Mar 16, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	59 min
Mar 16, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	58 min
Mar 16, 5:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.