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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2015, 2:25 PM CST for Covington County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 9 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
- Jan 3, 2015, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Covington County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2:36 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Lone Star, MS | MOBILE HOME WITH ROOF DAMAGE ON THE 500 BLOCK SUNSET RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 3, 2:36 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 5 Ne Lone Star, MS | TORNADO BEGAN ALONG SUNSET RD...WHERE THE ROOF OF A MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED...THEN CONTINUED NE SNAPPING TREES ALONG COOLEY SPRING-COULTER RD AND STROUD RD BEFORE LIFTING. PATH LENGTH 1.7 MILES...PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS...ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND 90 MPH. |
| Jan 3, 2:37 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Mount Olive, MS | A HOUSE AND A MOBILE HOME WERE DAMAGED ALONG COOLEY SPRINGS RD. POWER LINES AND TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 3, 2:37 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 S Mount Olive, MS | A HOUSE AND A MOBILE HOME WERE DAMAGED ALONG COOLEY SPRINGS RD. POWER LINES AND TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED. |
| Jan 3, 2:39 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Mount Olive, MS | SEVERAL TREES DOWNED ON STROUD RD AND BURTON CREEK RD. |
| Jan 3, 2:39 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 4 S Mount Olive, MS | THIS TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH FROM THE EAST END OF STROUD RD...EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS BURTONS CREEK RD...AND ENDING NEAR ROCK HILL RD. MOST IMPRESSIVE TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG BURTONS CREEK RD...WHERE ESTIMATED WIND SPEED WAS 110 MPH. |
| Jan 3, 2:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Mount Olive, MS | TREES DOWNED ON ROCK HILL RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 3, 2:40 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Sse Mount Olive, MS | TREES DOWNED ON ROCK HILL RD. |
| Jan 3, 2:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Mount Olive, MS | POWER LINES DOWNED ALONG MS HIGHWAY 532 NEAR WILLIAM WARREN RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 11:04 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 556 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
288
WFUS54 KJAN 032025
TORJAN
MSC031-127-032100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0003.150103T2025Z-150103T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 225 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PRENTISS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
MOUNT OLIVE AROUND 240 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO 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 AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 8974 3161 8975 3177 8975 3186 8968
3178 8965 3180 8942 3159 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 221DEG 41KT 3163 8977
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYB3 follow-up statements
128
WWUS54 KJAN 032036
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
236 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
MSC127-032046-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150103T2100Z/
SIMPSON MS-
236 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3163 8971 3169 8975 3170 8975 3178 8967
3179 8943 3169 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 229DEG 33KT 3169 8968
$$
MSC031-032100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150103T2100Z/
COVINGTON MS-
236 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON
COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CST...
AT 236 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LONE STAR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
MOUNT OLIVE AROUND 245 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO 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 AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3163 8971 3169 8975 3170 8975 3178 8967
3179 8943 3169 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 229DEG 33KT 3169 8968
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYB411
WWUS54 KJAN 032039
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
239 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
MSC031-032100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150103T2100Z/
COVINGTON MS-
239 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON
COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CST...
AT 240 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LONE STAR...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOUNT OLIVE AROUND 245 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3163 8971 3169 8975 3170 8975 3178 8967
3179 8943 3169 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 231DEG 27KT 3169 8967
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYB077
WWUS54 KJAN 032059
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
259 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
MSC031-032109-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150103T2100Z/
COVINGTON MS-
259 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 300 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST!
LAT...LON 3163 8971 3169 8975 3170 8975 3178 8967
3179 8943 3169 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 231DEG 27KT 3178 8954
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 6:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 8 days |
| Jan 3, 10:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 8 days |
| Jan 3, 10:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 9 days |
| Jan 3, 10:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 10 days |
| Jan 3, 11:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 70 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 44 min |
| Jan 3, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 67 min |
| Jan 3, 1:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 28 min |
| Jan 3, 1:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Issaquena, Leflore and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 37 min |
| Jan 3, 2:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Smith | 64 min |
| Jan 3, 2:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 114 min |
| Jan 3, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 26 min |
| Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 20 min |
| Jan 3, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Winston | 40 min |
| Jan 3, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 67 min |
| Jan 3, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 41 min |
| Jan 3, 3:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 17 min |
| Jan 3, 3:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 6 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 13 min |
| Jan 3, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 59 min |
| Jan 3, 4:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 4:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.