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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Jackson, MS

March 13, 2016Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 9:32 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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 13, 2016, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 13, 10:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Cleveland, MS	PART OF THE TIN ROOF PEALED OFF OF NO WAY JOSES...TIN WAS THROWN ACROSS THE STREET.
Mar 13, 10:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Cleveland, MS	PART OF THE TIN ROOF PEELED OFF OF NO WAY JOSES...TIN WAS THROWN ACROSS THE STREET.
Mar 13, 10:13 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	1 Wnw Cleveland, MS	THE TORNADO BEGAN ALONG BISHOP RD AND CONTINUED NE ACROSS W SUNFLOWER RD...MS HWY 8...AND BOLLING AVE BEFORE LIFTING AT A DELTA ST INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC FACILITY. SEVERAL SECTIONS OF TIN WERE BLOWN OFF THE END OF A STRIP MALL...AND A FEW TREES AND FENCES WE

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
Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

564 
WFUS54 KJAN 140232
TORJAN
MSC011-140315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0044.160314T0232Z-160314T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
932 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
    
* AT 932 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ARKANSAS CITY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ROHWER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  SCOTT AND JERSEY POINT AROUND 940 PM CDT.
  BENOIT AROUND 945 PM CDT.
  ROSEDALE AROUND 950 PM CDT.
  SHELBY...MOUND BAYOU AND RENOVA AROUND 1005 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MERIGOLD...BEULAH...PACE...DUNCAN...ALLIGATOR AND WINSTONVILLE.

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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3367 9066 3353 9100 3353 9122 3356 9123
      3362 9113 3369 9122 3367 9104 3368 9103
      3372 9106 3372 9114 3377 9115 3378 9099
      3385 9107 3393 9101 3397 9109 3400 9102
      3396 9097 3402 9097 3412 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 242DEG 51KT 3364 9122 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

720 
WWUS54 KJAN 140302
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1002 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

MSC011-140315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160314T0315Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
1002 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR BOLIVAR
COUNTY...
    
AT 1002 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BOYLE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  CLEVELAND...RENOVA AND BOYLE AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
  MOUND BAYOU AROUND 1015 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MERIGOLD...BEULAH...PACE...DUNCAN...ALLIGATOR AND WINSTONVILLE.

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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3367 9066 3353 9100 3355 9110 3360 9114
      3362 9113 3364 9110 3367 9104 3368 9103
      3372 9106 3373 9105 3376 9100 3378 9099
      3385 9107 3393 9101 3397 9109 3400 9102
      3396 9097 3402 9097 3412 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 242DEG 50KT 3372 9086 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	56 min
Mar 13, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	34 min
Mar 13, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	24 min
Mar 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	28 min
Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	6 hr
Mar 13, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	30 min
Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	36 min
Mar 13, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore	35 min
Mar 13, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	47 min
Mar 13, 11:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	6 hr
Mar 14, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	47 min
Mar 14, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	30 min
Mar 14, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	36 hr

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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.