Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2016, 2:10 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 16 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, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 2:26 PM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 2:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ene Garlandville, MS | A FEW TREES AND LIMBS DOWN JUST INSIDE NEWTON CO FROM JASPER CO. |
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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
585
WFUS54 KJAN 152010
TORJAN
MSC061-101-152045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0034.160215T2010Z-160215T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
210 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 210 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
GARLANDVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GARLANDVILLE AROUND 215 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CHUNKY
AND HICKORY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3213 8911 3222 8920 3247 8892 3224 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 231DEG 32KT 3218 8916
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JC2 follow-up statements
624
WWUS54 KJAN 152021
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
221 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
MSC061-152031-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160215T2045Z/
JASPER MS-
221 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3222 8898 3222 8903 3223 8918 3244 8892
3224 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 239DEG 41KT 3227 8901
$$
MSC101-152045-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160215T2045Z/
NEWTON MS-
221 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY...
AT 221 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARLANDVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CHUNKY AND HICKORY.
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 3222 8898 3222 8903 3223 8918 3244 8892
3224 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 239DEG 41KT 3227 8901
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JC227
WWUS54 KJAN 152026 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
226 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
MSC101-152036-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160215T2045Z/
NEWTON MS-
226 PM CST MON FEB 15 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3222 8898 3222 8903 3223 8918 3244 8892
3224 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 231DEG 32KT 3230 8897
$$
JCThe 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, 12:07 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 | 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, 2:22 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 |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.