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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS

November 29, 2016Neshoba County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 11:35 PM CST for Neshoba County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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, 11:35 PM CST (05:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2016, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Neshoba County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 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, 11:49 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nne Stallo, MS	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 15 BETWEEN NOXAPATER AND THE NESHOBA/WINSTON COUNTY LINE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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, 8:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

125 
WFUS54 KJAN 300535
TORJAN
MSC099-159-300615-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0073.161130T0535Z-161130T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1135 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST
    
* AT 1135 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PEARL RIVER...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  EDINBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  LOUISVILLE...NANIH WAIYA...STALLO...BURNSIDE...MILLCREEK AND
  NOXAPATER.

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 3293 8891 3288 8891 3278 8928 3291 8932
      3322 8892 3306 8881 3293 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 232DEG 37KT 3287 8922 

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

$$

DL

3 follow-up statements

735 
WWUS54 KJAN 300548
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1148 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

MSC099-159-300615-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-161130T0615Z/
NESHOBA MS-WINSTON MS-
1148 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL NESHOBA AND EASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES...
    
AT 1148 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER STALLO...OR 7 MILES WEST OF NANIH WAIYA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 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...STALLO...MILLCREEK AND NOXAPATER. 

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 3293 8891 3287 8910 3295 8919 3322 8892
      3306 8881 3293 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 239DEG 40KT 3294 8907 

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

$$

DL

847 
WWUS54 KJAN 300554
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1154 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

MSC099-300603-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-161130T0615Z/
NESHOBA MS-
1154 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NESHOBA 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 500 AM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3293 8891 3293 8907 3299 8912 3322 8892
      3306 8881 3296 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 236DEG 39KT 3298 8901 

$$

MSC159-300615-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-161130T0615Z/
WINSTON MS-
1154 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR EASTERN
WINSTON COUNTY...
    
AT 1153 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...OR NEAR NANIH WAIYA...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...
MILLCREEK AND NOXAPATER. 

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 3293 8891 3293 8907 3299 8912 3322 8892
      3306 8881 3296 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 236DEG 39KT 3298 8901 

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

$$

DL

529 
WWUS54 KJAN 300606
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1206 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016

MSC159-300615-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-161130T0615Z/
WINSTON MS-
1206 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY...
    
AT 1206 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY.

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 3298 8890 3301 8896 3309 8898 3320 8891
      3306 8881 3299 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 231DEG 43KT 3307 8887 

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, 9:13 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, 11:44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.