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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS

November 17, 2015Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2015, 11:09 PM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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: Nov 17, 2015, 11:09 PM CST (05:09 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2015, 11:32 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 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
Nov 17, 11:34 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Pelahatchie, MS	A COUPLE TREES DOWN N OF TOWN...ONE DOWN OFF HWY 43 AND THE OTHER IN A FIELD OFF LEESBURG RD. NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWN.
Nov 17, 11:40 PM CST	TORNADO 1	5 Wnw Morton, MS	THE TORNADO PRODUCED PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE ALONG ITS 8.7 MILE TRACK...HOWEVER...A MOBILE HOME AND A CHICKEN HOUSE WERE DESTROYED. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WAS ALSO DONE TO A HOME. PATH LENGTH...8.7 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...500 YARDS. EF1 WITH 109 MPH PEAK WIND.

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
Nov 17, 7:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 20 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: 107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 502 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

480 
WFUS54 KJAN 180509
TORJAN
MSC121-180600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0034.151118T0509Z-151118T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1109 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
    
* AT 1109 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH BRANDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  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...
  PELAHATCHIE AROUND 1130 PM CST.
  LEESBURG AROUND 1140 PM CST.

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 3222 9000 3228 9001 3249 8976 3236 8973
      3228 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 237DEG 26KT 3226 8996 

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

$$

BYB

2 follow-up statements

712 
WWUS54 KJAN 180522
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1122 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

MSC121-180600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
RANKIN MS-
1122 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY...
    
AT 1122 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PELAHATCHIE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF BRANDON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  LEESBURG AROUND 1140 PM CST.

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 3224 8993 3232 8993 3247 8975 3236 8973
      3228 8973 3228 8975 3226 8983 3225 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 237DEG 26KT 3231 8986 

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

$$

BYB

391 
WWUS54 KJAN 180532 RRA
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1132 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

MSC121-180541-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
RANKIN MS-
1132 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3224 8993 3232 8993 3247 8975 3236 8973
      3228 8973 3228 8975 3226 8983 3225 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 237DEG 26KT 3235 8980 

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 6:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	68 min
Nov 17, 6:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	49 min
Nov 17, 7:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	28 min
Nov 17, 7:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	35 min
Nov 17, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	52 min
Nov 17, 8:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore	35 min
Nov 17, 8:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	23 min
Nov 17, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren	58 min
Nov 17, 9:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	29 min
Nov 17, 9:18 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington, Yazoo	6 hr
Nov 17, 9:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	38 min
Nov 17, 9:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	4 hr
Nov 17, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	31 min
Nov 17, 10:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	45 min
Nov 17, 10:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Rankin, Simpson	43 min
Nov 17, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	46 min
Nov 17, 10:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	42 min
Nov 17, 10:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	53 min
Nov 17, 10:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	65 min
Nov 17, 10:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	39 min
Nov 17, 11:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	23 min
Nov 17, 11:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	47 min
Nov 18, 12:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin and 1 more	4 hr
Nov 18, 12:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	35 min
Nov 18, 12:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	38 min
Nov 18, 12:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	42 min
Nov 18, 12:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	39 min
Nov 18, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	44 min
Nov 18, 12:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	40 min
Nov 18, 1:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	42 min
Nov 18, 1:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	6 hr
Nov 18, 2:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	39 min
Nov 18, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	64 min
Nov 18, 3:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale	44 min
Nov 18, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	47 min
Nov 18, 3:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	24 min
Nov 18, 4:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	29 min
Nov 18, 10:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	3 days
Nov 18, 10:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	56 hr
Nov 18, 10:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	72 hr
Nov 18, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	4 days
Nov 18, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	70 hr

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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.