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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 6:16 PM CST for Clay County, Mississippi. It was in force for 8 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, 6:16 PM CST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 6:24 PM CST
- In force
- 8 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Clay County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
979
WFUS54 KJAN 300016
TORJAN
MSC025-300115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0064.161130T0016Z-161130T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
616 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 615 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PRAIRIE...OR
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3368 8872 3368 8867 3365 8875 3378 8880
3381 8874 3381 8872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 242DEG 37KT 3375 8873
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DB1 follow-up statement
119
WWUS54 KJAN 300024
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
624 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
MSC025-300034-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-161130T0115Z/
CLAY MS-
624 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3368 8872 3368 8867 3365 8875 3378 8880
3381 8874 3381 8872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 242DEG 37KT 3380 8863
$$
DBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 27 min |
| Nov 29, 6:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 42 min |
| Nov 29, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Nov 29, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 50 min |
| Nov 29, 7:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 22 min |
| Nov 29, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 63 min |
| Nov 29, 9:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 40 min |
| Nov 29, 9:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 61 min |
| Nov 29, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 10:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 39 min |
| Nov 29, 10:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 33 min |
| Nov 29, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 19 min |
| Nov 29, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 21 min |
| Nov 29, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 49 min |
| Nov 29, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 40 min |
| Nov 29, 11:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 60 min |
| Nov 30, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 12:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Winston | 51 min |
| Nov 30, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 19 min |
| Nov 30, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 10 min |
| Nov 30, 1:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 1:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake, Rankin | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 1:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 2:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 2:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.