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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 2:21 PM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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, 2:21 PM CST (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Neshoba County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1:18 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 103 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
067
WFUS54 KJAN 022021
TORJAN
MSC099-022115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0012.160202T2021Z-160202T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
221 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 315 PM CST
* AT 220 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXON...OR NEAR PROSPECT...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...
DIXON AROUND 225 PM CST.
NESHOBA AROUND 230 PM CST.
PEARL RIVER AROUND 235 PM CST.
PHILADELPHIA AROUND 240 PM CST.
BURNSIDE AROUND 250 PM CST.
STALLO AND FORESTDALE AROUND 255 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TUCKER.
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 3258 8914 3258 8932 3271 8932 3293 8913
3292 8897 3292 8891 3279 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 219DEG 33KT 3262 8927
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
GRG1 follow-up statement
777
WWUS54 KJAN 022033
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
233 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
MSC099-022115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160202T2115Z/
NESHOBA MS-
233 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
NESHOBA COUNTY...
AT 233 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXON...OR NEAR PHILADELPHIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PHILADELPHIA AROUND 240 PM CST.
BURNSIDE AND FORESTDALE AROUND 250 PM CST.
STALLO AROUND 255 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TUCKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3263 8909 3267 8922 3277 8926 3293 8913
3292 8897 3292 8891 3279 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 219DEG 33KT 3271 8918
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GRGThe 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, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 56 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 | 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 | 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.