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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 9:04 PM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 13 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
- Jan 21, 2017, 9:04 PM CST (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 9:17 PM CST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 1036 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
199
WFUS54 KJAN 220304
TORJAN
MSC049-089-220400-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0024.170122T0304Z-170122T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
904 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Madison County in central Mississippi...
Northeastern Hinds County in central Mississippi...
* Until 1000 PM CST
* At 904 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Clinton, moving east at 30 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...
Madison and Ridgeland around 935 PM CST.
Gluckstadt around 940 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 3228 9040 3241 9043 3258 8991 3253 8991
3249 8996 3250 8998 3248 9002 3244 9004
3244 9007 3240 9007 3238 9010 3236 9011
3234 9011 3233 9015 3230 9016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 248DEG 27KT 3234 9036
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
387
WWUS54 KJAN 220317
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
917 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
MSC049-089-220327-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170122T0400Z/
Madison MS-Hinds MS-
917 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN
HINDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 300 AM CST for central
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3228 9040 3241 9043 3258 8991 3253 8991
3249 8996 3250 8998 3248 9002 3244 9004
3244 9007 3240 9007 3238 9010 3236 9011
3234 9011 3233 9015 3230 9016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 248DEG 27KT 3238 9025
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 7:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 8:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 67 min |
| Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Smith | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 9:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 12 min |
| Jan 21, 10:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 10:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 11:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 11:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 5:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 3:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 4:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Jan 22, 4:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 28 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.