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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS

December 23, 2015Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 3:38 PM CST for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 16 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: Dec 23, 2015, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2015, 3:54 PM CST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Newton County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 23, 2:17 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

894 
WFUS54 KJAN 232138
TORJAN
MSC101-232230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0043.151223T2138Z-151223T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
338 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST
    
* AT 338 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ROBERTS...OR NEAR NEWTON...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...
  DUFFEE AROUND 405 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CHUNKY
AND HICKORY.

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 8904 3222 8926 3229 8923 3252 8892
      3225 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 236DEG 40KT 3224 8919 

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

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

616 
WWUS54 KJAN 232154
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
354 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC101-232204-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-151223T2230Z/
NEWTON MS-
354 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3222 8904 3222 8926 3229 8923 3252 8892
      3225 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 236DEG 40KT 3234 8901 

$$

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 22, 7:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	44 min
Dec 23, 6:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Yazoo	26 min
Dec 23, 7:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	35 min
Dec 23, 7:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	60 min
Dec 23, 9:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	37 min
Dec 23, 1:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	48 min
Dec 23, 1:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	33 min
Dec 23, 1:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	36 min
Dec 23, 2:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	43 min
Dec 23, 2:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	34 min
Dec 23, 2:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	60 min
Dec 23, 2:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	26 min
Dec 23, 2:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	22 min
Dec 23, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	17 min
Dec 23, 3:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	63 min
Dec 23, 3:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	42 min
Dec 23, 3:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones, Lamar	29 min
Dec 23, 3:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	67 min
Dec 23, 3:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	48 min
Dec 23, 4:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	3 hr
Dec 23, 4:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	42 min
Dec 23, 5:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	30 min
Dec 23, 5:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	24 min
Dec 23, 5:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	15 min
Dec 23, 5:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	3 hr
Dec 23, 5:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	23 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.