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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS

November 29, 2016Kemper County, Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 5:42 PM CST for Kemper County, Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 5 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, 5:42 PM CST (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2016, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Kemper County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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, 5:49 PM CST	TORNADO 1	5 N Preston, MS	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON C MCDONALD RD IN WINSTON COUNTY AND TRACKED INTO NOXUBEE COUNTY. IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES NEAR JR BOY GOODIN RD. IT PEAKED AS IT CROSSED EBENEZER CHURCH RD WHERE A FEW DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. IT DISSIPATED IN N
Nov 29, 5:49 PM CST	TORNADO	5 N Preston, MS	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON C MCDONALD RD IN WINSTON COUNTY AND TRACKED INTO NOXUBEE COUNTY. IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES NEAR JR BOY GOODIN RD. IT PEAKED AS IT CROSSED EBENEZER CHURCH RD WHERE A FEW DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. IT DISSIPATED IN N
Nov 29, 5:50 PM CST	TORNADO	5 E Vernon, MS	4 HOMES DESTROYED ON EBENEZER CHURCH ROAD AND 2 STRUCTURES ON COUNTY LINE ROAD
Nov 29, 5:50 PM CST	TORNADO	5 E Vernon, MS	TREES DOWN ON EBENEZER CHURCH ROAD
Nov 29, 5:56 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Nnw Gholson, MS	TREES DOWN ON BUTLER 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

487 
WFUS54 KJAN 292342
TORJAN
MSC069-103-159-300030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0063.161129T2342Z-161130T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST
    
* AT 542 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NANIH WAIYA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NANIH WAIYA...PRESTON...MACON...MASHULAVILLE AND GHOLSON. 

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 3284 8890 3286 8892 3293 8891 3293 8893
      3292 8893 3292 8896 3293 8897 3293 8899
      3296 8902 3323 8868 3309 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 227DEG 32KT 3293 8889 

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

$$

DL

5 follow-up statements

617 
WWUS54 KJAN 292348
SVSJAN

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

MSC069-292358-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-161130T0030Z/
KEMPER MS-
548 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KEMPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3293 8875 3293 8891 3297 8896 3323 8868
      3309 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 224DEG 31KT 3297 8886 

$$

MSC103-159-300030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-161130T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-WINSTON MS-
548 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR WESTERN
NOXUBEE AND SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES...
    
AT 548 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...OR NEAR PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACON AND MASHULAVILLE. 

LAT...LON 3293 8875 3293 8891 3297 8896 3323 8868
      3309 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 224DEG 31KT 3297 8886 

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

$$

DL

421 
WWUS54 KJAN 292351
SVSJAN

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

MSC103-159-300030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-161130T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-WINSTON MS-
551 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR WESTERN
NOXUBEE AND SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES...
        
AT 551 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACON AND MASHULAVILLE. 

LAT...LON 3293 8875 3293 8891 3297 8896 3323 8868
      3309 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 227DEG 32KT 3299 8883 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DL

735 
WWUS54 KJAN 292359
SVSJAN

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

MSC159-300008-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-161130T0030Z/
WINSTON MS-
559 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

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

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

LAT...LON 3296 8874 3298 8881 3307 8882 3323 8868
      3309 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 229DEG 31KT 3302 8878 

$$

MSC103-300030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-161130T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
559 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR WESTERN
NOXUBEE COUNTY...
    
AT 558 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR MASHULAVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF PRESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 555 PM...A TORNADO
         WAS REPORTED NORTH OF PRESTON. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACON AND MASHULAVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3296 8874 3298 8881 3307 8882 3323 8868
      3309 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 229DEG 31KT 3302 8878 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DL

759 
WWUS54 KJAN 300011
SVSJAN

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

MSC103-300030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-161130T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
611 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR WESTERN
NOXUBEE COUNTY...
    
AT 610 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF
MASHULAVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. JUST BEFORE 6 PM...A
         TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR PRESTON. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED
         WITH THIS STORM ALONG EBENEZER CHURCH ROAD IN SOUTHEASTERN
         WINSTON COUNTY.
         
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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3296 8874 3298 8881 3307 8882 3323 8868
      3309 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 227DEG 32KT 3309 8869 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DL

177 
WWUS54 KJAN 300020
SVSJAN

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

MSC103-300030-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-161130T0030Z/
NOXUBEE MS-
620 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
NOXUBEE COUNTY...
    
AT 620 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MACON...OR 19 MILES WEST OF PICKENSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACON.

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 3306 8862 3316 8871 3322 8866 3318 8861
      3311 8851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 228DEG 33KT 3315 8860 

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

$$

DL

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	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, 5:44 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.