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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2016, 8:39 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Mar 13, 2016, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Chicot County, AR
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Dermott, AR | |
| Mar 13, 9:15 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 1 Ssw Dermott, AR | *** 1 INJ *** TORNADO BEGAN IN SW DERMOTT NEAR BUCKNER LN, CONTINUED ACROSS TROTTER ST AND US HWY 165 BEFORE HITTING DETLA REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WHERE AN EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG. TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ACROSS AR HWY 35 AND US 65 BEFORE CROSSING |
| Mar 13, 9:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Dermott, AR | POSSIBLE TORNADO. SCATTERED DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH TROTTER AND ROSEHILL. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. JUVENILE DENTENTION CAMP FENCING DESTROYED. METAL SHED DESTROYED. DEBRIS SCATTERED FOR A HALF MILE TO A MILE. |
| Mar 13, 9:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Dermott, AR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
832
WUUS54 KJAN 140139
SVRJAN
ARC017-140300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0111.160314T0139Z-160314T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
839 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 839 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SNYDER...OR
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DERMOTT AROUND 910 PM CDT.
MCMILLAN CORNER AROUND 920 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3352 9135 3352 9125 3355 9123 3350 9118
3345 9123 3344 9123 3344 9118 3350 9117
3345 9112 3340 9121 3338 9116 3339 9112
3342 9109 3340 9108 3335 9114 3331 9114
3327 9146 3356 9145 3356 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 253DEG 28KT 3334 9167
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
171 follow-up statement
570
WWUS54 KJAN 140230
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
930 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC017-140239-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-160314T0300Z/
CHICOT AR-
930 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHICOT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3352 9135 3352 9125 3355 9123 3350 9118
3345 9123 3344 9123 3344 9118 3350 9117
3345 9112 3340 9121 3338 9116 3339 9112
3342 9109 3340 9108 3335 9114 3331 9114
3327 9146 3356 9145 3356 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 253DEG 28KT 3346 9122
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 78 min |
| Mar 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 6 hr |
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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.