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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
DB1 follow-up statement
193
WWUS54 KJAN 030002
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
602 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
MSC087-030011-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160203T0045Z/
LOWNDES MS-
602 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3329 8830 3329 8852 3368 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 208DEG 34KT 3345 8824
$$
DBThe 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, 2:21 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 | 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 |
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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.