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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

April 25, 20154 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 12:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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 25, 2015, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2015, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 25, 12:48 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 83	1 N Onward, MS	MEASURED ON ROOF OF STATIONARY STORM CHASE VEHICLE
Apr 25, 1:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Holly Bluff, MS	MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED
Apr 25, 1:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Satartia, MS	SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
Apr 25, 1:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Satartia, MS	SEVERAL TREES DOWNED IN SATARTIA AND EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 433.

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 24, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 405 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

455 
WFUS54 KJAN 250539
TORJAN
MSC053-055-125-163-250630-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0016.150425T0539Z-150425T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1239 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
    
* AT 1238 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FITLER...OR NEAR LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING
  EAST AT 65 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...
  ONWARD AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
  ROLLING FORK AROUND 1250 AM CDT.
  HOLLY BLUFF AROUND 100 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SILVER
CITY...CARY...SATARTIA AND LOUISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3261 9115 3271 9102 3284 9099 3304 9091
      3311 9043 3310 9042 3310 9043 3260 9051
      3260 9069 3262 9069 3262 9072 3259 9072
      3258 9074 3258 9103 3262 9100 3265 9102
      3261 9105 3259 9112 3260 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 261DEG 55KT 3278 9110 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CME

4 follow-up statements

303 
WWUS54 KJAN 250552
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1252 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

MSC053-055-125-163-250630-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T0630Z/
ISSAQUENA MS-HUMPHREYS MS-YAZOO MS-SHARKEY MS-
1252 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ISSAQUENA...SOUTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS...WESTERN YAZOO AND SHARKEY
COUNTIES...
    
AT 1252 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ONWARD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY PARK...
MOVING EAST 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...
  VALLEY PARK AROUND 1255 AM CDT.
  HOLLY BLUFF AROUND 105 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SILVER
CITY...CARY...SATARTIA AND LOUISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3271 9102 3284 9099 3304 9091 3311 9043
      3310 9042 3310 9043 3260 9051 3260 9069
      3262 9069 3262 9072 3259 9072 3258 9074
      3258 9103 3262 9100 3265 9102 3261 9105
      3259 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 269DEG 48KT 3273 9093 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CME

715 
WWUS54 KJAN 250558
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1258 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

MSC053-250607-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T0630Z/
HUMPHREYS MS-
1258 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3270 9095 3283 9089 3289 9086 3291 9046
      3260 9051 3260 9069 3262 9069 3262 9072
      3259 9072 3258 9074 3258 9103 3262 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 265DEG 49KT 3271 9083 

$$

MSC055-125-163-250630-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T0630Z/
ISSAQUENA MS-YAZOO MS-SHARKEY MS-
1258 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ISSAQUENA...WESTERN YAZOO AND SOUTHERN SHARKEY COUNTIES...
    
AT 1257 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VALLEY PARK...MOVING EAST 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...
  HOLLY BLUFF AROUND 105 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SATARTIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3270 9095 3283 9089 3289 9086 3291 9046
      3260 9051 3260 9069 3262 9069 3262 9072
      3259 9072 3258 9074 3258 9103 3262 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 265DEG 49KT 3271 9083 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CME

736 
WWUS54 KJAN 250608
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
108 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

MSC055-125-163-250630-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T0630Z/
ISSAQUENA MS-YAZOO MS-SHARKEY MS-
108 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ISSAQUENA...WESTERN YAZOO AND SOUTHEASTERN SHARKEY
COUNTIES...
    
AT 108 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY BLUFF...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VALLEY PARK...MOVING EAST AT 60 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL ISSAQUENA...WESTERN YAZOO AND SOUTHEASTERN SHARKEY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SATARTIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3289 9075 3291 9046 3260 9051 3260 9069
      3262 9069 3262 9072 3259 9072 3258 9074
      3259 9085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 263DEG 51KT 3271 9067 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CME

640 
WWUS54 KJAN 250615
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
115 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

MSC055-125-250624-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T0630Z/
ISSAQUENA MS-SHARKEY MS-
115 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ISSAQUENA AND SOUTHEASTERN
SHARKEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3289 9062 3291 9046 3260 9051 3260 9068
      3270 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 268DEG 49KT 3269 9056 

$$

MSC163-250630-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150425T0630Z/
YAZOO MS-
115 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
YAZOO COUNTY...
    
AT 114 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TINSLEY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAZOO CITY...
MOVING EAST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SATARTIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3289 9062 3291 9046 3260 9051 3260 9068
      3270 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 268DEG 49KT 3269 9056 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	39 min
Apr 24, 8:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore	38 min
Apr 24, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	44 min
Apr 24, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	52 min
Apr 24, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes	59 min
Apr 24, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	27 min
Apr 24, 11:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	2 hr
Apr 25, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	29 min
Apr 25, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	66 min
Apr 25, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	57 min
Apr 25, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore	51 min
Apr 25, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	55 min
Apr 25, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	49 min
Apr 25, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	44 min
Apr 25, 1:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	38 min
Apr 25, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	33 min
Apr 25, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	52 min
Apr 25, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	61 min
Apr 25, 2:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	44 min
Apr 25, 2:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	47 min
Apr 25, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	42 min
Apr 25, 2:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	66 min
Apr 25, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	48 min
Apr 25, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	30 min
Apr 25, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	9 days
Apr 25, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	29 min
Apr 25, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	27 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.