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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Jackson, MS

February 15, 2016Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 11:50 AM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 14 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 15, 2016, 11:50 AM CST (17:50 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2016, 12:04 PM CST
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 15, 9:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 25 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.

625 
WFUS54 KJAN 151750
TORJAN
MSC121-151845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0026.160215T1750Z-160215T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1150 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST
    
* AT 1150 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FANNIN...OR NEAR BRANDON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
  FANNIN AROUND 1210 PM CST.
  GOSHEN SPRINGS AROUND 1225 PM CST.
  PISGAH AROUND 1235 PM CST.
  LEESBURG AROUND 1245 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 3231 9002 3241 9006 3258 8982 3259 8981
      3259 8979 3258 8978 3238 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 240DEG 12KT 3237 9001 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

729 
WWUS54 KJAN 151758
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1158 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

MSC121-151845-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160215T1845Z/
RANKIN MS-
1158 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY...
    
AT 1158 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FANNIN...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 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...
  PISGAH AROUND 1205 PM CST.
  LEESBURG AROUND 1215 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 3233 8994 3242 8996 3253 8977 3238 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 248DEG 30KT 3239 8992 

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

$$

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747 
WWUS54 KJAN 151804
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1204 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

MSC121-151814-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160215T1845Z/
RANKIN MS-
1204 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RANKIN 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 3233 8994 3242 8996 3253 8977 3238 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 240DEG 12KT 3240 8990 

$$

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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, 11:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	33 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, 11:58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.