Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2021, 1:17 PM CDT for Noxubee County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports 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 25, 2021, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 1:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nne Cooksville, MS | THIS TORNADO BEGAN IN AN OPEN FIELD SOUTH OF JACK SPANN RD, WHERE IT WAS OBSERVED AND VIDEOED AS IT DEVELOPED AND MOVED NORTHEASTWARD. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN MISSISSIPPI. THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO PICKENS COUNTY, ALABAMA WHERE IT PRODUCED EF-1 DAMAGE. |
| Mar 25, 1:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Sw Gainsville Lake Ca, AL | AN EF1 TORNADO CROSSED THE STATE LINE FROM MISSISSIPPI AND SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES AS IT MOVED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS HIGHWAY 32. A RESIDENCE ALSO SUFFERED PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Mar 25, 1:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nne Cooksville, MS | MULTIPLE VIDEOS OF A TORNADO NEAR THE MS/AL STATE LINE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 613 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 713 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KJAN 251817
SVRJAN
MSC103-159-251900-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0040.210325T1817Z-210325T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
117 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Noxubee County in east central Mississippi...
Southeastern Winston County in east central Mississippi...
* Until 200 PM CDT.
* At 117 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Paulette, or
20 miles northeast of Preston, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Prairie Point around 130 PM CDT.
Bigbee Valley around 140 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Shuqualak.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3295 8834 3293 8836 3293 8906 3329 8879
3329 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 223DEG 43KT 3300 8851
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GRG1 follow-up statement
217
WWUS54 KJAN 251847
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
147 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
MSC103-159-251857-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210325T1900Z/
Noxubee MS-Winston MS-
147 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NOXUBEE AND SOUTHEASTERN
WINSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3295 8834 3293 8836 3293 8906 3329 8879
3329 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 223DEG 43KT 3327 8821
$$
GRGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 7:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 63 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 9:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 7 days |
| Mar 25, 9:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 13 days |
| Mar 25, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 4 days |
| Mar 25, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 9:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 11:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 12 days |
| Mar 25, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 13 days |
| Mar 25, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Scott | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 1:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 94 min |
| Mar 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 17 min |
| Mar 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 81 min |
| Mar 25, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 15 min |
| Mar 25, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 3 days |
| Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 13 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.