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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS

February 23, 2016Forrest County, Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 3:51 PM CST for Forrest County, Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 8 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 23, 2016, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 4:45 PM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 23, 3:54 PM CST	TORNADO 1	6 Ese Sandy Hook, MS	THIS TORNADO STARTED IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND CROSSED INTO SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY WHERE IT SNAPPED NUMEROUS SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO ALSO CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO A HUNTING LODGE JUST ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH NORTHEAST
Feb 23, 4:07 PM CST	TORNADO 0	4 Wsw Baxterville, MS	THIS BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SNAPPED AND UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES JUST SOUTH OF CLEAR CREEK ROAD IN SOUTHWEST LAMAR COUNTY.
Feb 23, 4:15 PM CST	TORNADO 2	5 Ene Baxterville, MS	* 1 FATAL * EF-2 RATED DAMAGE WITH MAX WIND 115 MPH HAS BEEN FOUND BY THE NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM...DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED ON SONES ROAD WEST OF PURVIS WITH DEBRIS THROWN 125 YDS. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION. NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND S
Feb 23, 4:17 PM CST	TORNADO 2	5 Ene Baxterville, MS	* 1 FATAL * EF-2 RATED DAMAGE WITH PATH WIDTH OF 115 YDS HAS BEEN FOUND BY THE NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM...DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED ON SONES ROAD WEST OF PURVIS WITH DEBRIS THROWN 125 YDS. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION. NUMEROUS HARDWOOD
Feb 23, 4:17 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Ene Baxterville, MS	* 1 FATAL * MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED ON SONES ROAD WEST OF PURVIS. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION. TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE OBSERVED IN DUAL-POL RADAR DATA AT THIS LOCATION.
Feb 23, 4:22 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Wnw Purvis, MS	REPORTS OF DAMAGE AROUND PURVIS OLOH ROAD AND MCRANEY ROAD. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE OBSERVED IN DUAL-POL RADAR DATA.
Feb 23, 4:29 PM CST	TORNADO 1	7 Ssw West Hattiesburg, MS	EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 90 MPH AND A PATH LENGTH OF 1.4 MILES AND WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG WITH SOME ROOF AND FENCE DAMAGE.
Feb 23, 4:46 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Hattiesburg, MS	TREES DOWN ON CORINTH ROAD...ELIZABETH AVENUE...AND NORTH MAIN STREET. POWERLINES DOWN ON ELIZABETH AVENUE.

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 23, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

811 
WFUS54 KJAN 232151
TORJAN
MSC035-073-091-232245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0035.160223T2151Z-160223T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
351 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CST
    
* AT 351 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDY HOOK...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...
  BAXTERVILLE AND PINEBUR AROUND 405 PM CST.
  PINE RIDGE AROUND 425 PM CST.
  HATTIESBURG AROUND 430 PM CST.
  OAK GROVE AROUND 435 PM CST.
  WEST HATTIESBURG AND SUMRALL AROUND 440 PM CST.
  RAWLS SPRINGS AROUND 445 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 3105 8983 3143 8966 3143 8914 3100 8956
      3100 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 213DEG 33KT 3099 8973 

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

$$

DB

5 follow-up statements

801 
WWUS54 KJAN 232158
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
358 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC035-073-091-232245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160223T2245Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-
358 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
FORREST...LAMAR AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...
        
AT 358 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEBUR...OR
NEAR SANDY HOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BAXTERVILLE AND PINEBUR AROUND 405 PM CST.
  PINE RIDGE AROUND 425 PM CST.
  HATTIESBURG AROUND 430 PM CST.
  OAK GROVE AROUND 435 PM CST.
  WEST HATTIESBURG AND SUMRALL AROUND 440 PM CST.
  RAWLS SPRINGS AROUND 445 PM CST.

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 3143 8914 3100 8960 3100 8979 3143 8956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 213DEG 33KT 3105 8969 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DB

846 
WWUS54 KJAN 232208
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
408 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC035-073-091-232245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160223T2245Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-
408 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
FORREST...LAMAR AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...
    
AT 407 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BAXTERVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANDY HOOK...
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...
  PINE RIDGE AROUND 425 PM CST.
  HATTIESBURG AROUND 430 PM CST.
  OAK GROVE AROUND 435 PM CST.
  WEST HATTIESBURG AND SUMRALL AROUND 440 PM CST.
  RAWLS SPRINGS AROUND 445 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 3104 8956 3109 8974 3143 8955 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 213DEG 33KT 3112 8963 

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

$$

DB

138 
WWUS54 KJAN 232220
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
420 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC091-232229-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160223T2245Z/
MARION MS-
420 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION 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 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3110 8950 3119 8965 3143 8948 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 219DEG 33KT 3117 8952 

$$

MSC035-073-232245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160223T2245Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
420 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
FORREST AND CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTIES...
    
AT 419 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PURVIS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST
HATTIESBURG...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...
  HATTIESBURG AROUND 430 PM CST.
  OAK GROVE AROUND 435 PM CST.
  WEST HATTIESBURG AROUND 440 PM CST.
  PETAL AND RAWLS SPRINGS AROUND 445 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 3110 8950 3119 8965 3143 8948 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 219DEG 33KT 3117 8952 

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

$$

DB

581 
WWUS54 KJAN 232225
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC035-073-232245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160223T2245Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
425 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FORREST AND NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTIES...
        
AT 425 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PURVIS...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HATTIESBURG AROUND 430 PM CST.
  OAK GROVE AROUND 435 PM CST.
  WEST HATTIESBURG AROUND 440 PM CST.
  PETAL AND RAWLS SPRINGS AROUND 445 PM CST.

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 3116 8946 3123 8958 3143 8942 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 213DEG 33KT 3122 8948 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DB

749 
WWUS54 KJAN 232232
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
432 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC035-073-232245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160223T2245Z/
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
432 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FORREST AND NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTIES...
    
AT 432 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST HATTIESBURG...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...
  HATTIESBURG AND OAK GROVE AROUND 435 PM CST.
  WEST HATTIESBURG AROUND 440 PM CST.
  PETAL AND RAWLS SPRINGS AROUND 445 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 3122 8939 3130 8949 3143 8940 3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 213DEG 33KT 3126 8945 

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

$$

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 10:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	5 days
Feb 23, 1:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	41 min
Feb 23, 2:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	28 min
Feb 23, 2:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	37 min
Feb 23, 2:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	51 min
Feb 23, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	36 min
Feb 23, 3:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	36 min
Feb 23, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	75 min
Feb 23, 3:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	46 min
Feb 23, 4:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	57 min
Feb 23, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	23 min
Feb 23, 4:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	35 min
Feb 23, 4:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	44 min
Feb 23, 4:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	27 min
Feb 23, 4:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	44 min
Feb 23, 5:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	38 min
Feb 23, 5:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	48 min
Feb 23, 5:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	41 min
Feb 23, 5:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	27 min
Feb 23, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	43 min
Feb 23, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery	61 min
Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	29 min
Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	21 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.