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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Jackson, MS

October 31, 2015Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2015, 4:16 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
Oct 31, 11:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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

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The text

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

713 
WFUS54 KJAN 312116
TORJAN
MSC067-312145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0027.151031T2116Z-151031T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
    
* AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  LAUREL AROUND 420 PM CDT.
  TUCKERS CROSSING AROUND 430 PM CDT.
  SANDERSVILLE AND MILL CREEK AROUND 440 PM CDT.

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 3154 8932 3167 8938 3181 8916 3182 8904
      3167 8894 3165 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 240DEG 39KT 3162 8927 

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

$$

DL

2 follow-up statements

977 
WWUS54 KJAN 312135
SVSJAN

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

MSC067-312145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-151031T2145Z/
JONES MS-
435 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY...
    
AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAUREL...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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SANDERSVILLE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
  MILL CREEK AROUND 445 PM CDT.

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 3157 8923 3174 8920 3181 8912 3182 8904
      3167 8894 3165 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 239DEG 37KT 3171 8910 

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

$$

DL

654 
WWUS54 KJAN 312144
SVSJAN

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

MSC067-312153-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-151031T2145Z/
JONES MS-
444 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3157 8923 3174 8920 3181 8912 3182 8904
      3167 8894 3165 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 240DEG 39KT 3171 8910 

$$

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, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	25 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, 4:19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.