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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2015, 2:50 PM CST for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2015, 3:16 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Taylorsville, MS | A FEW TREES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE SE PART OF SMITH CO. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
556
WFUS54 KJAN 032050
TORJAN
MSC129-032145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0004.150103T2050Z-150103T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
250 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 345 PM CST
* AT 251 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
SMITH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SYLVARENA.
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 3179 8944 3179 8959 3187 8964 3219 8933
3186 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 225DEG 44KT 3183 8953
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
848
WWUS54 KJAN 032103
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
303 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
MSC129-032145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150103T2145Z/
SMITH MS-
303 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM CST...
AT 303 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SYLVARENA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3186 8932 3183 8937 3180 8942 3179 8946
3192 8952 3212 8933 3209 8933 3190 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 225DEG 43KT 3193 8941
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BYB540
WWUS54 KJAN 032116
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
316 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
MSC129-032126-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150103T2145Z/
SMITH MS-
316 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3186 8932 3183 8937 3180 8942 3179 8946
3192 8952 3212 8933 3209 8933 3190 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 225DEG 43KT 3204 8928
$$
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, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson | 35 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.