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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS

February 23, 2016Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 4:17 PM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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, 4:17 PM CST (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 4:40 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 23, 4:40 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Benton, MS	TREES DOWN IN BENTON.
Feb 23, 4:42 PM CST	TORNADO 0	Benton, MS	EF-0 RATED TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH AND A PATH LENGTH OF 1.2 MILES AND WIDTH OF 100 YDS...TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN A CONCENTRIC PATTERN...A SIGN AND FENCE WERE BLOWN DOWN...AND A TREE WAS BLOWN.

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, 2:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

212 
WFUS54 KJAN 232217
TORJAN
MSC163-232315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0036.160223T2217Z-160223T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST
    
* AT 417 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE YAZOO...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF YAZOO
  CITY...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...
  LITTLE YAZOO AROUND 420 PM CST.
  MYRLEVILLE AROUND 430 PM CST.
  BENTON AROUND 440 PM CST.
  VAUGHAN AROUND 500 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BENTONIA.

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 3288 8997 3287 8997 3286 8998 3284 8999
      3283 9000 3283 9001 3278 9003 3260 9043
      3276 9051 3296 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 237DEG 27KT 3269 9041 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

639 
WWUS54 KJAN 232228
SVSJAN

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

MSC163-232315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160223T2315Z/
YAZOO MS-
428 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN YAZOO COUNTY...
    
AT 428 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MYRLEVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...
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...
  BENTON AROUND 440 PM CST.
  VAUGHAN AROUND 500 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 3288 8997 3287 8997 3286 8998 3284 8999
      3283 9000 3283 9001 3278 9003 3263 9036
      3271 9036 3281 9043 3296 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 237DEG 27KT 3274 9032 

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

$$

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379 
WWUS54 KJAN 232240
SVSJAN

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

MSC163-232249-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160223T2315Z/
YAZOO MS-
440 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YAZOO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3288 8997 3287 8997 3286 8998 3284 8999
      3283 9000 3283 9001 3278 9003 3263 9036
      3271 9036 3281 9043 3296 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 237DEG 27KT 3279 9024 

$$

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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 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, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	54 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, 4:21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.