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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Jackson, MS

December 25, 2015Jasper County, Newton County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2015, 3:51 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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: Dec 25, 2015, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2015, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 25, 3:51 PM CST	TORNADO 0	4 Se Pineville, MS	CHICKEN HOUSE DAMAGED WITH TIN ROOF PARTIALLY OFF ALONG WITH TREES DOWN. OCCURRED ALONG CO ROAD 529. MAX WINDS 80 MPH. MAXIMUM WIDTH 50 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 0.7 MILES.
Dec 25, 3:51 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Se Pineville, MS	CHICKEN HOUSE DAMAGED WITH TIN ROOF PARTIALLY OFF ALONG WITH TREES DOWN. OCCURRED ALONG CO ROAD 529. RESIDENTS WITNESSED THE TORNADO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

073 
WFUS54 KJAN 252151
TORJAN
MSC061-101-129-252230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0047.151225T2151Z-151225T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
351 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST
    
* AT 350 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  FOREST...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...
  ROBERTS AROUND 405 PM CST.
  GARLANDVILLE AROUND 410 PM CST.
  NEWTON AROUND 420 PM CST.

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

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 3200 8937 3215 8948 3222 8937 3222 8932
      3226 8932 3252 8892 3209 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 238DEG 38KT 3212 8935 

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

$$

GRG

2 follow-up statements

419 
WWUS54 KJAN 252159
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
359 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

MSC129-252208-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-151225T2230Z/
SMITH MS-
359 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3202 8932 3217 8932 3244 8892 3209 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 253DEG 29KT 3212 8928 

$$

MSC061-101-252230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-151225T2230Z/
NEWTON MS-JASPER MS-
359 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 358 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 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...
  ROBERTS AROUND 410 PM CST.
  GARLANDVILLE AROUND 420 PM CST.
  ROSE HILL AROUND 430 PM CST.

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

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 3202 8932 3217 8932 3244 8892 3209 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 253DEG 29KT 3212 8928 

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

$$

GRG

114 
WWUS54 KJAN 252211
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
411 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

MSC061-101-252230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-151225T2230Z/
NEWTON MS-JASPER MS-
411 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON AND NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 410 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GARLANDVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF 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...
  ROSE HILL AROUND 420 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 3205 8916 3221 8927 3244 8892 3209 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 238DEG 38KT 3219 8914 

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

$$

GRG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 6:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	29 min
Dec 24, 6:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	58 min
Dec 24, 6:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	35 min
Dec 24, 7:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones	3 hr
Dec 24, 7:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Webster	30 min
Dec 24, 7:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	25 min
Dec 24, 8:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	14 min
Dec 25, 12:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	39 min
Dec 25, 12:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	50 min
Dec 25, 6:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	50 min
Dec 25, 7:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Montgomery, Webster	31 min
Dec 25, 7:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	29 min
Dec 25, 7:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery	44 min
Dec 25, 7:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	25 min
Dec 25, 8:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	29 min
Dec 25, 8:02 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 11 more	20 hr
Dec 25, 8:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	23 min
Dec 25, 8:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Tallahatchie	18 min
Dec 25, 8:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	42 min
Dec 25, 8:57 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	3 hr
Dec 25, 9:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	24 min
Dec 25, 11:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery	3 hr
Dec 25, 11:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	6 hr
Dec 25, 12:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	48 min
Dec 25, 12:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	43 min
Dec 25, 12:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	9 hr
Dec 25, 12:44 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	3 hr
Dec 25, 12:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	41 min
Dec 25, 1:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	25 min
Dec 25, 1:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson	3 hr
Dec 25, 1:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	23 min
Dec 25, 2:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	3 hr
Dec 25, 2:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	24 min
Dec 25, 2:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	25 min
Dec 25, 3:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	29 min
Dec 25, 3:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	35 min
Dec 25, 3:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	24 min
Dec 25, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	43 min
Dec 25, 4:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	48 min
Dec 25, 4:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	3 hr
Dec 25, 5:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	24 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.