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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Jackson, MS

November 29, 2016Attala County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 9:13 PM CST for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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, 9:13 PM CST (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2016, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Attala County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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, 8:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 488 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 15.4

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The text

As transmitted.

719 
WFUS54 KJAN 300313
TORJAN
MSC007-300400-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0070.161130T0313Z-161130T0400Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
    
* AT 913 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER DURANT...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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KOSCIUSKO...HESTERVILLE...POSSUMNECK...ETHEL AND MCCOOL. 

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 3328 8932 3312 8932 3301 8986 3304 8984
      3306 8984 3307 8982 3311 8982 3313 8980
      3316 8979 3318 8978 3319 8978 3320 8976
      3322 8975 3325 8969 3329 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 253DEG 39KT 3308 8983 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

DL

2 follow-up statements

570 
WWUS54 KJAN 300332
SVSJAN

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

MSC007-300400-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-161130T0400Z/
ATTALA MS-
932 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY...
    
AT 932 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HESTERVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HESTERVILLE AND MCCOOL. 

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 3328 8932 3315 8932 3309 8975 3317 8973
      3320 8973 3325 8969 3329 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 244DEG 40KT 3318 8960 

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

$$

DL

642 
WWUS54 KJAN 300339
SVSJAN

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

MSC007-300400-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-161130T0400Z/
ATTALA MS-
939 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY...
    
AT 939 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HESTERVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
KOSCIUSKO...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...
MCCOOL.

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 3328 8932 3317 8932 3315 8964 3322 8965
      3327 8957 3329 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 239DEG 35KT 3322 8955 

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 29, 6:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Clay	8 min
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 Tornado observed	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, 9:14 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.