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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS

March 17, 2021Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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: Mar 17, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2021, 2:06 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 17, 11:36 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

577 
WFUS54 KJAN 171845
TORJAN
MSC067-171930-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0010.210317T1845Z-210317T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
145 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Jones County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 230 PM CDT.
    
* At 145 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Ellisville, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Laurel around 150 PM CDT.
  Tuckers Crossing around 200 PM CDT.
  Sandersville around 220 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 3158 8937 3181 8917 3182 8894 3172 8894
      3146 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 225DEG 30KT 3158 8924 

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

$$

TW

2 follow-up statements

373 
WWUS54 KJAN 171857
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
157 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

MSC067-171930-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210317T1930Z/
Jones MS-
157 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY...
    
At 157 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Laurel, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Laurel and Tuckers Crossing around 200 PM CDT.
  Sandersville around 220 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 3168 8928 3181 8917 3182 8894 3172 8894
      3156 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 223DEG 29KT 3165 8917 

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

$$

TW

378 
WWUS54 KJAN 171906
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
206 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

MSC067-171916-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210317T1930Z/
Jones MS-
206 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JONES 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3168 8928 3181 8917 3182 8894 3172 8894
      3156 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 225DEG 30KT 3171 8910 

$$

TW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	31 min
Mar 16, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	36 min
Mar 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	58 min
Mar 16, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	27 min
Mar 16, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	46 min
Mar 16, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Newton	56 min
Mar 16, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	25 min
Mar 17, 6:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	40 min
Mar 17, 6:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	19 min
Mar 17, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	38 min
Mar 17, 12:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Clarke	53 min
Mar 17, 12:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	54 min
Mar 17, 12:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln	55 min
Mar 17, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee	45 min
Mar 17, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	15 min
Mar 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	42 min
Mar 17, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	50 min
Mar 17, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren	56 min
Mar 17, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	60 min
Mar 17, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	37 min
Mar 17, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	29 min
Mar 17, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo	64 min
Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	55 min
Mar 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	34 min
Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Montgomery, Neshoba and 2 more	65 min
Mar 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	55 min
Mar 17, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson, Smith	48 min
Mar 17, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	47 min
Mar 17, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	48 min
Mar 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee and 3 more	76 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.