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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

February 23, 2016Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 5:58 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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 23, 2016, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 6:19 PM CST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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, 6:01 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Maxie, MS	A CHICKEN PEN WAS DAMAGED. TREES WERE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 13. TREES WERE ALSO DOWN ON HAVARD AND ENTREKIN ROADS. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

115 
WFUS54 KJAN 232358 RRA
TORJAN
MSC035-240045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0040.160223T2358Z-160224T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST
    
* AT 557 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUMBERTON...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  POPLARVILLE...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...
  ROCK HILL AND MAXIE AROUND 605 PM CST.
  BROOKLYN AROUND 610 PM CST.
  MCLAURIN AROUND 615 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 3108 8935 3125 8915 3100 8915 3100 8914
      3091 8914 3091 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 226DEG 40KT 3098 8936 

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

$$

19

1 follow-up statement

189 
WWUS54 KJAN 240019
SVSJAN

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

MSC035-240028-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160224T0045Z/
FORREST MS-
619 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

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

LAT...LON 3108 8935 3125 8915 3100 8915 3100 8914
      3091 8914 3091 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 226DEG 40KT 3115 8916 

$$

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, 3:51 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, 4:17 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

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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.