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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 2:26 PM CST for Adams County, Mississippi; Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 64 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
- Jan 21, 2016, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Concordia Parish, LA, Adams County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Sibley, MS | POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HWY 61 NEAR WHITE APPLE. |
| Jan 21, 3:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Cranfield, MS | REPORT OF A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE CRANFIELD/LIBERTY ROAD AREA S OF CRANFIELD. ALSO SOME TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED. |
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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
022
WFUS54 KJAN 212026
TORJAN
LAC029-MSC001-212130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0001.160121T2026Z-160121T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
226 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 330 PM CST
* AT 226 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BLACK HAWK...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SIMMESPORT...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...
SLOCUM AROUND 235 PM CST.
SIBLEY AROUND 255 PM CST.
KINGSTON AROUND 305 PM CST.
CRANFIELD AROUND 320 PM CST.
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 3113 9172 3116 9170 3116 9168 3119 9168
3123 9175 3158 9117 3147 9115 3135 9116
3137 9122 3137 9127 3132 9147 3128 9150
3126 9148 3123 9149 3121 9152 3124 9156
3113 9163 3111 9163 3107 9158 3104 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 234DEG 38KT 3115 9167
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
102 follow-up statements
349
WWUS54 KJAN 212045
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
245 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
LAC029-MSC001-212130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160121T2130Z/
CONCORDIA LA-ADAMS MS-
245 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
ADAMS COUNTIES...
AT 244 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF SLOCUM...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MONTEREY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SIBLEY AROUND 300 PM CST.
KINGSTON AROUND 310 PM CST.
CRANFIELD AROUND 325 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3113 9172 3116 9170 3116 9168 3119 9168
3123 9175 3158 9117 3147 9115 3135 9116
3137 9122 3137 9127 3132 9147 3128 9150
3126 9148 3123 9149 3121 9152 3124 9156
3113 9163 3111 9163 3107 9158 3104 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 232DEG 33KT 3126 9150
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
10154
WWUS54 KJAN 212102
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
302 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
LAC029-MSC001-212130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160121T2130Z/
CONCORDIA LA-ADAMS MS-
302 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
ADAMS COUNTIES...
AT 302 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER KINGSTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 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...
CRANFIELD AROUND 315 PM CST.
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 3113 9172 3116 9170 3116 9168 3119 9168
3123 9175 3158 9117 3147 9115 3135 9116
3137 9122 3137 9127 3132 9147 3128 9150
3126 9148 3123 9149 3121 9152 3124 9156
3113 9163 3111 9163 3107 9158 3104 9170
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 233DEG 51KT 3140 9133
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 7:52 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 4 days |
| Jan 21, 8:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 8:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 12 min |
| Jan 21, 9:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 10:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 11:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 12:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 1:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 1:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 1:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 2:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 2:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 75 min |
| Jan 21, 2:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 2:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | JAN | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 15 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 3:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 3:25 PM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 4:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 5:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 53 min |
| Jan 21, 7:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Tensas | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 11:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Richland | 16 min |
| Jan 21, 12:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Richland | 22 min |
| Jan 21, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 43 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.