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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 2016Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2016, 4:05 PM CST for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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: Mar 10, 2016, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2016, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
Mar 10, 4:05 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Raleigh, MS	HALF OF THE METAL ROOF OFF A 40 FT EQUIPMENT SHED. A FEW TREES DOWN AS WELL...POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 10, 4:05 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Raleigh, MS	HALF OF THE METAL ROOF OFF A 40 FT EQUIPMENT SHED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 420 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 585 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

842 
WFUS54 KJAN 102205
TORJAN
MSC129-102230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0041.160310T2205Z-160310T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
405 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST
    
* AT 405 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER RALEIGH...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MAGEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  PINEVILLE AROUND 420 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SYLVARENA.

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 3197 8950 3208 8957 3222 8943 3222 8932
      3201 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 234DEG 30KT 3205 8951 

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

$$

CME

2 follow-up statements

210 
WWUS54 KJAN 102214
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
414 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

MSC129-102230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160310T2230Z/
SMITH MS-
414 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY...
    
AT 414 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEVILLE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF FOREST...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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
NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY.

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 3202 8944 3210 8949 3222 8940 3222 8932
      3206 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 234DEG 30KT 3210 8943 

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

$$

CME

890 
WWUS54 KJAN 102223
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
423 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

MSC129-102233-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160310T2230Z/
SMITH MS-
423 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM CST...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3202 8944 3210 8949 3222 8940 3222 8932
      3206 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 234DEG 30KT 3210 8943 

$$

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	4 hr
Mar 9, 10:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	46 min
Mar 9, 11:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	44 min
Mar 10, 12:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	45 min
Mar 10, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Issaquena, Sunflower, Washington	6 hr
Mar 10, 4:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	4 hr
Mar 10, 5:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	51 min
Mar 10, 7:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Issaquena, Sunflower, Washington	3 hr
Mar 10, 9:13 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	6 hr
Mar 10, 9:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren	39 min
Mar 10, 9:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	4 hr
Mar 10, 9:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	40 min
Mar 10, 10:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	54 min
Mar 10, 10:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	29 min
Mar 10, 10:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	37 min
Mar 10, 10:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	51 min
Mar 10, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	45 min
Mar 10, 11:13 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	6 hr
Mar 10, 11:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	15 days
Mar 10, 11:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	16 days
Mar 10, 11:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	17 days
Mar 10, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	8 days
Mar 10, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	13 days
Mar 10, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	16 days
Mar 10, 11:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	39 days
Mar 10, 11:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	29 days
Mar 10, 11:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore	28 min
Mar 10, 11:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	4 days
Mar 10, 11:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Wilkinson	22 days
Mar 10, 11:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	30 min
Mar 10, 12:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	25 min
Mar 10, 12:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	7 hr
Mar 10, 12:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	28 min
Mar 10, 12:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha	52 min
Mar 10, 1:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	27 min
Mar 10, 1:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	30 min
Mar 10, 1:49 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lincoln	6 hr
Mar 10, 2:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	33 min
Mar 10, 2:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Simpson	24 min
Mar 10, 3:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Simpson	23 min
Mar 10, 3:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	5 hr
Mar 10, 3:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	4 hr
Mar 10, 3:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	37 min
Mar 10, 4:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Smith	4 hr
Mar 10, 4:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	33 min
Mar 10, 4:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper, Newton	32 min
Mar 10, 5:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore and 2 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 5:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	10 hr
Mar 10, 5:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JAN	Lamar, Marion	16 hr
Mar 10, 5:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	29 min
Mar 10, 5:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	26 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.