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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

February 2, 2016Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 5:43 PM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 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, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2016, 6:02 PM CST
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 2, 12:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

331 
WFUS54 KJAN 022343
TORJAN
MSC087-030045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.160202T2343Z-160203T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST
    
* AT 542 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BIGBEE VALLEY...OR NEAR PICKENSVILLE...
  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...
  STEENS AROUND 610 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 3329 8830 3329 8852 3368 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 208DEG 34KT 3329 8834 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DB
1 follow-up statement
193 
WWUS54 KJAN 030002
SVSJAN

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

MSC087-030011-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160203T0045Z/
LOWNDES MS-
602 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES 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 3329 8830 3329 8852 3368 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 208DEG 34KT 3345 8824 

$$

DB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 11:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin26 min
Feb 2, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin51 min
Feb 2, 12:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence25 min
Feb 2, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith34 min
Feb 2, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake67 min
Feb 2, 1:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANJefferson Davis30 min
Feb 2, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith47 min
Feb 2, 1:50 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin25 min
Feb 2, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Winston37 min
Feb 2, 2:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba29 min
Feb 2, 2:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Scott, Smith41 min
Feb 2, 2:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha56 min
Feb 2, 2:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba54 min
Feb 2, 2:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton38 min
Feb 2, 2:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClay38 min
Feb 2, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson45 min
Feb 2, 2:48 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale, Newton57 min
Feb 2, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba30 min
Feb 2, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln41 min
Feb 2, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Winston54 min
Feb 2, 3:25 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANKemper, Lauderdale65 min
Feb 2, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott21 min
Feb 2, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton43 min
Feb 2, 4:17 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANNoxubee28 min
Feb 2, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson45 min
Feb 2, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Newton59 min
Feb 2, 4:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson51 min
Feb 2, 4:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee67 min
Feb 2, 5:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Simpson3 hr
Feb 2, 5:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith46 min
Feb 2, 5:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson6 hr
Feb 2, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin33 min
Feb 2, 5:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.