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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

November 29, 2016Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 5:01 PM CST for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 29, 2016, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2016, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.

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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 2018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

195 
WFUS54 KJAN 292301
TORJAN
MSC089-163-292330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0058.161129T2301Z-161129T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
501 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST
    
* AT 501 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORA...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF
  CLINTON...MOVING EAST 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...
  FLORA AROUND 505 PM CST. 
  ANNANDALE AROUND 515 PM CST. 
  CANTON AROUND 525 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 3250 9042 3259 9046 3274 9015 3252 9009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 253DEG 38KT 3255 9039 

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

$$

EC

2 follow-up statements

693 
WWUS54 KJAN 292310
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
510 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

MSC163-292319-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-161129T2330Z/
YAZOO MS-
510 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YAZOO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3269 9013 3252 9009 3253 9034 3260 9036
      3261 9034 3261 9033 3267 9023 3266 9022
      3268 9018 3269 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 252DEG 38KT 3258 9029 

$$

MSC089-292330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-161129T2330Z/
MADISON MS-
510 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY...
    
AT 509 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER FLORA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING
EAST 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...
  CANTON AROUND 525 PM CST. 

LAT...LON 3269 9013 3252 9009 3253 9034 3260 9036
      3261 9034 3261 9033 3267 9023 3266 9022
      3268 9018 3269 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 252DEG 38KT 3258 9029 

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

$$

EC

594 
WWUS54 KJAN 292326
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
526 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

MSC089-292336-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-161129T2330Z/
MADISON MS-
526 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3269 9013 3252 9009 3253 9034 3260 9036
      3261 9034 3261 9033 3267 9023 3266 9022
      3268 9018 3269 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 253DEG 38KT 3263 9011 

$$

EC

The 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 Tornado observed	JAN	Leake, Scott	25 min
Nov 29, 4:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Grenada	38 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 Tornado observed	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	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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.