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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

January 21, 2016Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2016, 7:10 PM CST for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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: Jan 21, 2016, 7:10 PM CST (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 7:56 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 21, 7:26 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Stonewall, MS	TREE DOWN ACROSS CR 320
Jan 21, 7:27 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Enterprise, MS	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AROUND ENTERPRISE.
Jan 21, 7:45 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne Sable, MS	TREES DOWN ALONG WALKER BOTTOM RD.

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 21, 2:14 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 420 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

960 
WUUS54 KJAN 220110
SVRJAN
MSC023-075-220230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0021.160122T0110Z-160122T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
710 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 710 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE HILL...
  OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...
  STONEWALL AROUND 720 PM CST.
  MEEHAN AROUND 725 PM CST.
  SAVOY AROUND 730 PM CST.
  SABLE AROUND 735 PM CST.
  ZERO AROUND 745 PM CST.
  INCREASE AROUND 750 PM CST.
  ALAMUCHA AND TOOMSUBA AROUND 810 PM CST.
  KEWANEE AROUND 815 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE PACHUTA.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3219 8844 3201 8891 3231 8891 3251 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 242DEG 26KT 3218 8891 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

328 
WWUS54 KJAN 220149
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
749 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

MSC023-075-220230-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160122T0230Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-CLARKE MS-
749 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 748 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ZERO...OR 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALAMUCHA AND TOOMSUBA AROUND 805 PM CST.
  KEWANEE AROUND 815 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3211 8865 3238 8873 3251 8840 3219 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 242DEG 26KT 3231 8862 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

10

127 
WWUS54 KJAN 220156
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
756 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

MSC023-075-220205-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160122T0230Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-CLARKE MS-
756 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3211 8865 3238 8873 3251 8840 3219 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 242DEG 26KT 3234 8856 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 6:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	29 min
Jan 21, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	44 min
Jan 21, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	50 min
Jan 21, 6:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	41 min
Jan 22, 10:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	10 days
Jan 22, 10:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	58 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.