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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 4:22 PM CST for Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 7 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 4:22 PM CST (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Grenada County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 29, 4:22 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Grenada, MS | NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY NEAR MCSWINE AND PEA RIDGE ROAD. THE STRONG WINDS ALSO CAUSED ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES AND DAMAGE TO A GARAGE. THE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. |
| Nov 29, 4:22 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Grenada, MS | SCATTERED TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE NORTH WEST AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. CITY OF GRENADA HAD SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN. A HOUSE RECEIVED SOME MAJOR DAMAGE ON MCSWINE ROAD NEAR THE TALLATCHIE COUNTY LINE. |
| Nov 29, 4:23 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 N Grenada, MS | |
| Nov 29, 4:24 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Grenada, MS | |
| Nov 29, 4:26 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Grenada, MS | |
| Nov 29, 5:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Grenada, MS | ON MCSWINE ROAD 3 HOMES WERE DAMAGE WITH ONE ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Nov 29, 5:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | N Grenada, MS | SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE FROM HWY 51 TO MCSWINE ROAD AND THEN INTO TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES ALONG MCSWINE ROAD. |
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 29, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403
WFUS54 KJAN 292222
TORJAN
MSC043-292300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0054.161129T2222Z-161129T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
422 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 422 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BEW SPRINGS...OR OVER GRENADA...MOVING
EAST 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...
GORE SPRINGS AROUND 435 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 3387 8977 3387 8951 3376 8951 3374 8991
3382 8994 3383 8993 3384 8993 3390 8977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 255DEG 46KT 3380 8985
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
EC2 follow-up statements
389
WWUS54 KJAN 292235
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
MSC043-292300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-161129T2300Z/
GRENADA MS-
435 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRENADA COUNTY...
AT 434 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GRENADA LAKE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRENADA...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN GRENADA COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3387 8977 3387 8951 3379 8951 3378 8978
3390 8977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 254DEG 45KT 3384 8967
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DL164
WWUS54 KJAN 292254
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
454 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
MSC043-292304-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-161129T2300Z/
GRENADA MS-
454 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRENADA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3387 8977 3387 8951 3379 8951 3378 8978
3390 8977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 255DEG 46KT 3390 8939
$$
DLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 31 min |
| Nov 28, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 23 min |
| Nov 28, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 45 min |
| Nov 28, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 41 min |
| Nov 28, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 27 min |
| Nov 29, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 40 min |
| Nov 29, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 2:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 25 min |
| Nov 29, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 19 min |
| Nov 29, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 3:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 26 min |
| Nov 29, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Nov 29, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 55 min |
| Nov 29, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 30 min |
| Nov 29, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 43 min |
| Nov 29, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 25 min |
| Nov 29, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Nov 29, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 61 min |
| Nov 29, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Nov 29, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 29 min |
| Nov 29, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Winston | 29 min |
| Nov 29, 5:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 39 min |
| Nov 29, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 5:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 27 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.