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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2020Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2020, 4:52 AM CST for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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: Feb 5, 2020, 4:52 AM CST (10:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2020, 5:14 AM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Leake County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 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 nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

405 
WFUS54 KJAN 051052
TORJAN
MSC079-051200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0009.200205T1052Z-200205T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
452 AM CST Wed Feb 5 2020

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Leake County in central Mississippi...

* Until 600 AM CST.
    
* At 452 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Carthage, moving northeast at 25 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Renfroe around 510 AM CST.
  Edinburg around 515 AM CST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Redwater.

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 3271 8959 3283 8960 3293 8939 3293 8932
      3272 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 239DEG 23KT 3278 8954 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

695 
WWUS54 KJAN 051100
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
500 AM CST Wed Feb 5 2020

MSC079-051200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200205T1200Z/
Leake MS-
500 AM CST Wed Feb 5 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTY...
    
At 500 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Renfroe, or near Carthage, moving northeast at 30
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.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Renfroe around 505 AM CST.
  Edinburg around 515 AM 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 3276 8953 3285 8956 3293 8939 3293 8932
      3276 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 239DEG 25KT 3281 8947 

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

$$

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281 
WWUS54 KJAN 051114
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
514 AM CST Wed Feb 5 2020

MSC079-051124-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200205T1200Z/
Leake MS-
514 AM CST Wed Feb 5 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTY 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.  However, gusty winds are 
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3276 8953 3285 8956 3293 8939 3293 8932
      3276 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 239DEG 23KT 3286 8938 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 4:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison	46 min
Feb 5, 6:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	35 min
Feb 5, 1:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Smith	6 hr
Feb 5, 1:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	37 min
Feb 5, 1:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	50 min
Feb 5, 2:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	28 min
Feb 5, 2:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson	53 min
Feb 5, 2:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	44 min
Feb 5, 3:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	44 min
Feb 5, 3:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Simpson, Smith	58 min
Feb 5, 3:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln	41 min
Feb 5, 3:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	22 min
Feb 5, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	54 min
Feb 5, 3:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	42 min
Feb 5, 3:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	48 min
Feb 5, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison	65 min
Feb 5, 3:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	61 min
Feb 5, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Warren	32 min
Feb 5, 4:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	49 min
Feb 5, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	35 min
Feb 5, 5:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	36 min
Feb 5, 5:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	35 min
Feb 5, 5:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison	44 min
Feb 5, 5:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	26 min
Feb 5, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	56 min
Feb 5, 5:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	49 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.