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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

February 15, 2016Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 11:08 AM CST for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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: Feb 15, 2016, 11:08 AM CST (17:08 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2016, 11:41 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Madison County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 15, 11:15 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wsw Madison, MS	TREE DOWNED ACROSS OLD AGENCY RD NEAR MOCKINGBIRD LN

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
Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

004 
WFUS54 KJAN 151708
TORJAN
MSC089-151815-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0024.160215T1708Z-160215T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1108 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST
    
* AT 1108 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POCAHONTAS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
  RIDGELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  ANNANDALE AROUND 1120 AM CST.
  MADISON AROUND 1125 AM CST.
  GLUCKSTADT AROUND 1130 AM CST.
  CANTON AROUND 1135 AM 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 3255 8990 3254 8989 3250 8996 3250 8998
      3249 8999 3240 9023 3240 9024 3249 9025
      3268 8997 3256 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 238DEG 26KT 3242 9025 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

985 
WWUS54 KJAN 151741
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1141 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

MSC089-151750-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160215T1815Z/
MADISON MS-
1141 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3255 8990 3254 8989 3250 8996 3250 8998
      3249 8999 3240 9023 3240 9024 3249 9025
      3268 8997 3256 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 238DEG 26KT 3255 9001 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 3:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	27 min
Feb 15, 4:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	30 min
Feb 15, 5:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	41 min
Feb 15, 5:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	38 min
Feb 15, 5:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	40 min
Feb 15, 6:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	40 min
Feb 15, 8:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	49 min
Feb 15, 9:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	66 min
Feb 15, 9:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys	39 min
Feb 15, 9:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	50 min
Feb 15, 9:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	62 min
Feb 15, 9:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	33 min
Feb 15, 10:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	59 min
Feb 15, 10:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	40 min
Feb 15, 10:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	65 min
Feb 15, 10:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	44 min
Feb 15, 10:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	46 min
Feb 15, 10:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	49 min
Feb 15, 10:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	64 min
Feb 15, 10:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	32 min
Feb 15, 11:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	38 min
Feb 15, 11:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	59 min
Feb 15, 11:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	82 min
Feb 15, 11:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	14 min
Feb 15, 11:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	62 min
Feb 15, 12:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	28 min
Feb 15, 12:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake	30 min
Feb 15, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Winston	43 min
Feb 15, 12:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	65 min
Feb 15, 1:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	39 min
Feb 15, 1:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln	58 min
Feb 15, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	38 min
Feb 15, 1:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Jasper, Smith	52 min
Feb 15, 1:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	19 min
Feb 15, 1:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	44 min
Feb 15, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	33 min
Feb 15, 2:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Jasper, Newton	16 min
Feb 15, 2:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	18 min
Feb 15, 2:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	16 min
Feb 15, 2:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	41 min
Feb 15, 2:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	43 min
Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	35 min
Feb 15, 2:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	70 min
Feb 15, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.