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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 2021Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2021, 6:50 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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: May 2, 2021, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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
May 2, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

388 
WFUS54 KJAN 022350
TORJAN
MSC051-030045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0041.210502T2350Z-210503T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
650 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Holmes County in central Mississippi...

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 650 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Howard, or 10 miles east of Thornton, moving
  northeast at 25 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...
  Lexington around 700 PM CDT.
  Emory around 725 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 3324 8984 3306 9014 3315 9022 3330 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 240DEG 23KT 3313 9015 

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

$$

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	47 min
May 2, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	39 min
May 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	60 min
May 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	64 min
May 2, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson	57 min
May 2, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Yazoo	42 min
May 2, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	66 min
May 2, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Attala, Holmes	60 min
May 2, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin	53 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.