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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS

October 31, 2015Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2015, 2:12 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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: Oct 31, 2015, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2015, 2:37 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln 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
Oct 31, 11:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 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.

037 
WFUS54 KJAN 311912
TORJAN
MSC077-085-312000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0025.151031T1912Z-151031T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
212 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
    
* AT 212 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SUMMIT...OR NEAR MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 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...
  ENTERPRISE...BOGUE CHITTO...JAYESS...TOPEKA...EAST LINCOLN AND
  RUTH.

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 3135 9011 3135 9060 3164 9025 3139 9004
      3134 9004 3133 9008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 241DEG 33KT 3129 9051 

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

$$

DL

2 follow-up statements

202 
WWUS54 KJAN 311922
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
222 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

MSC077-085-312000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-151031T2000Z/
LAWRENCE MS-LINCOLN MS-
222 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
    
AT 221 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SUMMIT...OR NEAR MCCOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 
MPH. A SECOND THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR EAST LINCOLN.

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...
ENTERPRISE...BOGUE CHITTO...JAYESS...TOPEKA...EAST LINCOLN AND RUTH. 

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 3135 9049 3146 9047 3164 9025 3139 9004
      3134 9004 3133 9008 3135 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 241DEG 32KT 3133 9043 

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

$$

DL

467 
WWUS54 KJAN 311937
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
237 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

MSC077-085-311946-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-151031T2000Z/
LAWRENCE MS-LINCOLN MS-
237 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
SOUTHEAST LINCOLN...LAWRENCE...AND JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 
315 PM.

LAT...LON 3135 9049 3146 9047 3164 9025 3139 9004
      3134 9004 3133 9008 3135 9011
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 241DEG 33KT 3140 9029 

$$

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 31, 3:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 21 more	20 hr
Oct 31, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	47 min
Oct 31, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	30 min
Oct 31, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Yazoo	34 min
Oct 31, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	31 min
Oct 31, 12:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin	49 min
Oct 31, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	26 min
Oct 31, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	24 min
Oct 31, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	52 min
Oct 31, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Copiah, Rankin	33 min
Oct 31, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leake, Scott	29 min
Oct 31, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	40 min
Oct 31, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	37 min
Oct 31, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba, Newton, Smith, Winston	25 min
Oct 31, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	51 min
Oct 31, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	40 min
Oct 31, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	46 min
Oct 31, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	39 min
Oct 31, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	48 min
Oct 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar	53 min
Oct 31, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	24 min
Oct 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	38 min
Oct 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	31 min
Oct 31, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	29 min
Oct 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	29 min
Oct 31, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	44 min
Oct 31, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	118 min
Oct 31, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	25 min
Oct 31, 5:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	2 hr
Oct 31, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	24 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.