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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 2015Smith County, Mississippi

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 3, 3:05 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGTaylorsville, MSA 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2015-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2015-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 353 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

BYB
2 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

$$
BYB
540 
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

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 6:05 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes8 days
Jan 3, 10:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren8 days
Jan 3, 10:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANNeshoba9 days
Jan 3, 10:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake10 days
Jan 3, 11:02 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence70 hr
Jan 3, 12:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne, Warren44 min
Jan 3, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion67 min
Jan 3, 1:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes, Yazoo28 min
Jan 3, 1:47 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Issaquena, Leflore and 4 more12 hr
Jan 3, 1:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion37 min
Jan 3, 2:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Smith64 min
Jan 3, 2:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence114 min
Jan 3, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Simpson35 min
Jan 3, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin20 min
Jan 3, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Winston40 min
Jan 3, 3:08 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANJasper, Lauderdale, Newton67 min
Jan 3, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper45 min
Jan 3, 3:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster41 min
Jan 3, 3:37 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper17 min
Jan 3, 3:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith6 hr
Jan 3, 3:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale13 min
Jan 3, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale59 min
Jan 3, 4:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha43 min
Jan 3, 4:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale6 hr
Jan 3, 4:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion3 hr
Jan 3, 4:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale24 min
Jan 3, 4:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes43 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.