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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 12:07 PM CST for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 5 reports 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, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 12:37 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Leake County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:15 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 5 Se Thomastown, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ALONG MS HWY 429. THREE CHICKEN HOUSES FLATTENED AND ONE DAMAGED. HEAVY TREE DAMAGE EVIDENT ALONG PATH. 1.9 MILE PATH LENGTH. 300 YARDS WIDE. 110 MAX WIND SPEED. EF-1. |
| Feb 15, 12:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Se Thomastown, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ALONG MS HWY 429 |
| Feb 15, 12:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Se Thomastown, MS | THE ROOF OF A SHOP BUILDING WAS DAMAGED |
| Feb 15, 12:18 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Ssw Singleton, MS | TREES DOWNED AND CHICKEN HOUSES DAMAGED AT COOPER RD AND WAGGONER RD NEAR THE CONWAY COMMUNITY |
| Feb 15, 12:18 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 Ssw Singleton, MS | TREES DOWNED AND CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED AT COOPER RD AND WAGGONER RD NEAR THE CONWAY COMMUNITY. HOME HAD ROOF DAMAGE AND A SHED WAS DESTROYED HERE ALSO. |
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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
249
WFUS54 KJAN 151807
TORJAN
MSC079-151900-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0028.160215T1807Z-160215T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1207 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 100 PM CST
* AT 1206 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMASTOWN...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
CARTHAGE AND THOMASTOWN AROUND 1215 PM CST.
SINGLETON AROUND 1220 PM CST.
RENFROE AROUND 1225 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
REDWATER.
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 3272 8972 3284 8973 3293 8959 3293 8932
3282 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 231DEG 40KT 3277 8968
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
192 follow-up statements
203
WWUS54 KJAN 151815 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1215 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
MSC079-151900-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160215T1900Z/
LEAKE MS-
1215 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LEAKE COUNTY...
AT 1214 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMASTOWN...OR NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SINGLETON AROUND 1225 PM CST.
RENFROE AROUND 1230 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3277 8966 3288 8966 3293 8959 3293 8932
3282 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 229DEG 35KT 3282 8961
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
19509
WWUS54 KJAN 151837
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1237 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
MSC079-151846-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160215T1900Z/
LEAKE MS-
1237 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3277 8966 3288 8966 3293 8959 3293 8932
3282 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 231DEG 40KT 3298 8938
$$
19The 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, 11:50 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, 12:26 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 | 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 | 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.