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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS

February 2, 2016Choctaw County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 2:04 PM CST for Choctaw County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 2, 2016, 2:04 PM CST (20:04 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Choctaw County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 2, 12:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 540 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

774 
WFUS54 KJAN 022004 RRA
TORJAN
MSC019-105-022100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0011.160202T2004Z-160202T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
204 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CST
    
* AT 204 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ACKERMAN...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LOUISVILLE...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...
  ACKERMAN AND CHESTER AROUND 210 PM CST.
  REFORM AROUND 220 PM CST.
  SHERWOOD AROUND 225 PM CST.
  LONGVIEW AROUND 230 PM CST.
  MABEN AROUND 235 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEIR
AND STURGIS.

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 3329 8905 3328 8911 3324 8911 3320 8916
      3320 8921 3316 8922 3325 8932 3353 8915
      3353 8909 3356 8909 3357 8873 3356 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 218DEG 40KT 3325 8923 

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

$$

DB

2 follow-up statements

843 
WWUS54 KJAN 022015 RRA
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

MSC019-105-022100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160202T2100Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-
215 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR WESTERN
OKTIBBEHA AND NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
    
AT 215 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ACKERMAN...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
  SHERWOOD AROUND 225 PM CST.
  MABEN AND LONGVIEW AROUND 230 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
STURGIS.

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 3329 8905 3328 8911 3325 8914 3334 8925
      3353 8915 3353 8909 3356 8909 3357 8873
      3356 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 221DEG 47KT 3335 8914 

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

$$

DB

674 
WWUS54 KJAN 022028
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
228 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

MSC019-022038-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160202T2100Z/
CHOCTAW MS-
228 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC 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 700 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3334 8909 3356 8909 3356 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 216DEG 40KT 3345 8906 

$$

MSC105-022100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160202T2100Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
228 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...
    
AT 228 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERWOOD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF STARKVILLE...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY.

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 3334 8909 3356 8909 3356 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 216DEG 40KT 3345 8906 

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

$$

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 11:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	26 min
Feb 2, 11:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	51 min
Feb 2, 12:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	25 min
Feb 2, 12:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	34 min
Feb 2, 1:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	67 min
Feb 2, 1:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	30 min
Feb 2, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	47 min
Feb 2, 1:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	25 min
Feb 2, 1:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	37 min
Feb 2, 2:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	29 min
Feb 2, 2:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Scott, Smith	41 min
Feb 2, 2:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Neshoba	54 min
Feb 2, 2:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	38 min
Feb 2, 2:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay	38 min
Feb 2, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	45 min
Feb 2, 2:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	57 min
Feb 2, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	30 min
Feb 2, 3:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	41 min
Feb 2, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	54 min
Feb 2, 3:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	65 min
Feb 2, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	21 min
Feb 2, 4:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	43 min
Feb 2, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Noxubee	28 min
Feb 2, 4:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	45 min
Feb 2, 4:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Newton	59 min
Feb 2, 4:39 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	51 min
Feb 2, 4:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	67 min
Feb 2, 5:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	3 hr
Feb 2, 5:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	46 min
Feb 2, 5:21 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	6 hr
Feb 2, 5:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	33 min
Feb 2, 5:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	7 hr
Feb 2, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.