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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

March 28, 2018Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2018, 8:07 PM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 28, 2018, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2018, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Madison County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 8:08 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ene Flora, MSA COUPLE TREES WERE WERE UPROOTED ALONG STOKES RD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2018-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 377 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2018-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

747 
WFUS54 KJAN 290107
TORJAN
MSC089-290145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0013.180329T0107Z-180329T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
807 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Madison County in central Mississippi...

* Until 845 PM CDT
    
* At 807 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Annandale, or 10 miles northwest of Madison,
  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. 

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Canton around 820 PM CDT. 
  Sharon and Way around 830 PM CDT. 
  Farmhaven around 840 PM CDT. 
  Camden around 845 PM CDT. 

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 3263 8974 3249 9030 3260 9036 3261 9035
      3261 9034 3264 9031 3264 9029 3266 9028
      3267 9020 3268 9018 3269 9014 3270 9013
      3270 9010 3273 9007 3274 9005 3276 9004
      3287 8974 3264 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 249DEG 37KT 3257 9023 

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

$$

TW
2 follow-up statements
901 
WWUS54 KJAN 290113
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
813 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018

MSC089-290145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180329T0145Z/
Madison MS-
813 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY...
    
At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Annandale, or 7 miles west of Canton, 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. 

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Canton around 820 PM CDT. 
  Way around 830 PM CDT. 
  Sharon around 835 PM CDT. 
  Farmhaven around 840 PM CDT. 
  Camden around 845 PM CDT. 

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 3252 9019 3265 9028 3267 9020 3268 9018
      3269 9014 3270 9013 3270 9010 3273 9007
      3274 9005 3276 9004 3287 8974 3264 8973
      3263 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 249DEG 37KT 3259 9016 

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

$$

TW
193 
WWUS54 KJAN 290129
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
829 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018

MSC089-290145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180329T0145Z/
Madison MS-
829 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY...
    
At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Sharon, or near Canton, 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. 

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Farmhaven around 840 PM CDT. 
  Camden around 845 PM CDT. 

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 3256 9001 3273 9007 3274 9005 3276 9004
      3287 8974 3264 8973 3263 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 249DEG 37KT 3265 8998 

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

$$

TW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo39 min
Mar 28, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery66 min
Mar 28, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Yazoo44 min
Mar 28, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo52 min
Mar 28, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANYazoo87 min
Mar 28, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo43 min
Mar 28, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw50 min
Mar 28, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWebster65 min
Mar 28, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Montgomery49 min
Mar 28, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery3 hr
Mar 28, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin37 min
Mar 28, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster46 min
Mar 28, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston18 min
Mar 28, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin, Scott31 min
Mar 29, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah49 min
Mar 29, 6:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin41 min
Mar 29, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin43 min
Mar 29, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake, Scott44 min
Mar 29, 7:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln32 min
Mar 29, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith41 min
Mar 29, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba, Newton46 min
Mar 29, 8:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis55 min
Mar 29, 9:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Forrest62 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.