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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 2015Clay County, Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2015, 4:02 PM CST for Clay County, Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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: Jan 3, 2015, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2015, 4:45 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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
Jan 3, 4:08 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Starkville, MS	TREE DOWN IN ASPEN HEIGHTS ON BLACKJACK ROAD IN STARKVILLE.
Jan 3, 4:11 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Starkville, MS	TREE DOWN PARTIALLY BLOCKING BLACKJACK RD. ADDITIONALLY...ONE HOME HAD A LARGE LIMB THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW OF A HOME.
Jan 3, 4:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Columbus, MS	REPORT OF ROOF DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED.
Jan 3, 4:37 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 52	Columbus Afb, MS

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

338 
WFUS54 KJAN 032202
TORJAN
MSC025-087-105-032245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0009.150103T2202Z-150103T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 401 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A       
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STARKVILLE...AND     
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  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...
  SESSUMS AROUND 410 PM CST.
  MULDROW AROUND 415 PM CST.
  TIBBEE AROUND 420 PM CST.
  WEST POINT AROUND 425 PM CST.
  WAVERLY AROUND 430 PM CST.
  COLUMBUS AROUND 435 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARTESIA.

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 3366 8844 3350 8835 3331 8888 3354 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 246DEG 39KT 3343 8887

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

AEG

2 follow-up statements

549 
WWUS54 KJAN 032215
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

MSC025-087-105-032245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150103T2245Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-LOWNDES MS-CLAY MS-
415 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...
NORTHERN LOWNDES AND NORTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CST...

AT 415 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MULDROW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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...
  TIBBEE AND WEST POINT AROUND 420 PM CST.
  WAVERLY AROUND 430 PM CST.
  COLUMBUS AFB AND COLUMBUS AROUND 435 PM CST.

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 3358 8874 3366 8844 3350 8835 3336 8874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 246DEG 41KT 3350 8868

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

AEG

297 
WWUS54 KJAN 032226
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
426 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

MSC105-032235-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150103T2245Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
426 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3339 8867 3360 8867 3366 8844 3350 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 252DEG 33KT 3355 8861

$$

MSC025-087-032245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150103T2245Z/
LOWNDES MS-CLAY MS-
426 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CST...

AT 425 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR TIBBEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO 
THE TORNADO RISK...THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING 
WINDS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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...
  WAVERLY AROUND 435 PM CST.
  COLUMBUS AFB AND COLUMBUS AROUND 440 PM CST.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 8867 3360 8867 3366 8844 3350 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 252DEG 33KT 3355 8861

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

AEG

The 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, 2:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	26 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 Tornado observed	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, 4:13 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

Nearby

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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.