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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

November 28, 2016Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 2016, 5:24 PM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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: Nov 28, 2016, 5:24 PM CST (23:24 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2016, 6:03 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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
Nov 28, 5:32 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Shuqualak, MS	LARGE TREE SNAPPED IN SHUQUALAK

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
Nov 28, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

106 
WFUS54 KJAN 282324
TORJAN
MSC103-290030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0049.161128T2324Z-161129T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
524 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST
    
* AT 524 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GHOLSON...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PRESTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 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...
  PAULETTE AROUND 535 PM CST. 
  COOKSVILLE AROUND 540 PM CST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SHUQUALAK.

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 3294 8835 3293 8860 3293 8869 3302 8870
      3320 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 255DEG 51KT 3298 8863 

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

$$

EC

3 follow-up statements

779 
WWUS54 KJAN 282331
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
531 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

MSC103-290030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-161129T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
531 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY...
    
AT 530 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PAULETTE...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRESTON...MOVING
EAST AT 55 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...
  COOKSVILLE AND PRAIRIE POINT AROUND 540 PM CST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SHUQUALAK.

LAT...LON 3294 8835 3293 8860 3305 8860 3320 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 255DEG 51KT 3300 8852 

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

$$

EC

977 
WWUS54 KJAN 282341
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
541 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

MSC103-290030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-161129T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
541 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY...
    
AT 540 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PAULETTE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKENSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
  PRAIRIE POINT AROUND 545 PM CST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SHUQUALAK.

LAT...LON 3294 8835 3293 8860 3305 8860 3320 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 250DEG 42KT 3304 8844 

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

$$

EC

466 
WWUS54 KJAN 290003
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

MSC103-290013-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-161129T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
603 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3294 8835 3293 8860 3305 8860 3320 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 255DEG 51KT 3312 8806 

$$

EC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 28, 2:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	42 min
Nov 28, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more	55 min
Nov 28, 2:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	65 min
Nov 28, 2:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	62 min
Nov 28, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	63 min
Nov 28, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery	45 min
Nov 28, 3:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	17 min
Nov 28, 3:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	44 min
Nov 28, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds	58 min
Nov 28, 3:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	56 min
Nov 28, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	52 min
Nov 28, 4:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	47 min
Nov 28, 4:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	53 min
Nov 28, 4:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	60 min
Nov 28, 4:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	47 min
Nov 28, 5:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Scott and 1 more	57 min
Nov 28, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	46 min
Nov 28, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	51 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.