Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2016, 10:11 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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, 10:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Cleveland, MS | PART OF THE TIN ROOF PEALED OFF OF NO WAY JOSES...TIN WAS THROWN ACROSS THE STREET. |
| Mar 13, 10:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Cleveland, MS | PART OF THE TIN ROOF PEELED OFF OF NO WAY JOSES...TIN WAS THROWN ACROSS THE STREET. |
| Mar 13, 10:13 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 1 Wnw Cleveland, MS | THE TORNADO BEGAN ALONG BISHOP RD AND CONTINUED NE ACROSS W SUNFLOWER RD...MS HWY 8...AND BOLLING AVE BEFORE LIFTING AT A DELTA ST INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC FACILITY. SEVERAL SECTIONS OF TIN WERE BLOWN OFF THE END OF A STRIP MALL...AND A FEW TREES AND FENCES WE |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
028
WUUS54 KJAN 140311
SVRJAN
MSC011-133-140345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0113.160314T0311Z-160314T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1011 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1011 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RENOVA...OR
OVER CLEVELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOUND BAYOU AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
DREW AROUND 1025 PM CDT.
PARCHMAN AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
ROME AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MERIGOLD...PACE AND WINSTONVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3399 9066 3399 9045 3376 9045 3361 9081
3391 9090 3400 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 242DEG 49KT 3377 9076
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
172 follow-up statements
154
WWUS54 KJAN 140330
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
MSC011-140339-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160314T0345Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
1030 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3376 9045 3368 9066 3392 9066 3392 9064
3399 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 245DEG 28KT 3381 9063
$$
MSC133-140345-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160314T0345Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-
1030 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY...
AT 1029 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RENOVA...OR
NEAR DREW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DREW AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
PARCHMAN AND ROME AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3376 9045 3368 9066 3392 9066 3392 9064
3399 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 245DEG 28KT 3381 9063
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
17091
WWUS54 KJAN 140340
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
MSC133-140350-
/O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160314T0345Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-
1040 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3376 9045 3368 9066 3392 9066 3392 9064
3399 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 242DEG 49KT 3381 9063
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 11:38 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 36 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.