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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS

April 25, 2015Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 2:54 AM CDT for Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 25, 3:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	15 Sw De Kalb, MS	TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 495
Apr 25, 3:10 AM CDT	TORNADO 0	4 Sw Bluff Springs, MS	NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND AN EF0 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 75MPH...MAX WIDTH OF 50YDS AND PATH LENGTH OF 0.9 MILES. THIS TORNADO BEGAN ALONG LITTLE-ROCK RD, CAUSING A NARROW PATH OF PINE TREE TOPS AND LIMBS SNAPPED. TIN WAS PEELED BACK FROM A HAY BARN AND THROWN
Apr 25, 3:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 Sw De Kalb, MS	SCATTERED POWER LINES DOWN

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 25, 12:50 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

608 
WFUS54 KJAN 250754
TORJAN
MSC069-075-250900-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0020.150425T0754Z-150425T0900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
    
* AT 253 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BETHSAIDA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  PHILADELPHIA...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...
  DAMASCUS AROUND 305 AM CDT.
  LIBERTY AND BLUFF SPRINGS AROUND 310 AM CDT.
  DE KALB AROUND 320 AM CDT.
  ELECTRIC MILLS AROUND 330 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE 
SCOOBA AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER AT CUBA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
BRIEF TORNADOES.

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 3245 8840 3244 8891 3288 8891 3293 8870
      3293 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 251DEG 50KT 3266 8907 

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

$$

CME

5 follow-up statements

137 
WWUS54 KJAN 250811
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-075-250900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150425T0900Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
311 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LAUDERDALE AND KEMPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 311 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTON...
MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
  LIBERTY AROUND 315 AM CDT.
  DE KALB AROUND 325 AM CDT.
  ELECTRIC MILLS AROUND 340 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SCOOBA
AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER AT CUBA.

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 3245 8840 3244 8891 3288 8891 3293 8870
      3293 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 249DEG 41KT 3273 8884 

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

$$

CME

010 
WWUS54 KJAN 250817
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-075-250900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150425T0900Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
317 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LAUDERDALE AND KEMPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 317 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF SPRINGS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRESTON...
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DE KALB AROUND 320 AM CDT.
  ELECTRIC MILLS AROUND 335 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SCOOBA
AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER AT CUBA.

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 3245 8840 3244 8891 3267 8881 3281 8881
      3292 8861 3293 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 251DEG 50KT 3276 8874 

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

$$

CME

526 
WWUS54 KJAN 250827
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-075-250900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150425T0900Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
327 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND EASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 327 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DE KALB...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN STATION...
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...
  ELECTRIC MILLS AND PORTERVILLE AROUND 335 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SCOOBA
AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER AT CUBA.

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 3245 8840 3245 8877 3270 8868 3292 8861
      3293 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 249DEG 49KT 3272 8858 

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

$$

CME

448 
WWUS54 KJAN 250838
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-075-250900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150425T0900Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
338 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND EASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 338 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELECTRIC MILLS...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LIVINGSTON...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
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND EASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCOOBA AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER AT CUBA.

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 3245 8840 3245 8865 3271 8851 3293 8847
      3293 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 251DEG 49KT 3276 8841 

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

$$

CME

811 
WWUS54 KJAN 250848
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-250858-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150425T0900Z/
KEMPER MS-
348 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KEMPER 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 800 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3257 8839 3245 8840 3245 8857 3258 8854
      3258 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 263DEG 45KT 3252 8839 

$$

MSC075-250900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150425T0900Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
348 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY...
    
AT 348 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CUBA...MOVING EAST AT 50 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAUDERDALE AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER AT CUBA. 

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 3257 8839 3245 8840 3245 8857 3258 8854
      3258 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 263DEG 45KT 3252 8839 

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, 12:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo	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, 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

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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.