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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

February 16, 2023Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2023, 1:51 PM CST for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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 16, 2023, 1:51 PM CST (19:51 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2023, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Jasper County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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
Feb 16, 9:59 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

087 
WFUS54 KJAN 161951
TORJAN
MSC061-162045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.230216T1951Z-230216T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
151 PM CST Thu Feb 16 2023

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Jasper County in east central Mississippi...

* Until 245 PM CST.
    
* At 151 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Taylorsville, or near Stringer, moving northeast
  at 30 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...
  Stringer around 200 PM CST.
  Bay Springs around 205 PM CST.
  Vernon around 215 PM CST.
  Turnerville around 220 PM CST.
  Paulding around 235 PM CST.
  Orange and Rose Hill around 245 PM 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 3184 8931 3186 8932 3201 8932 3222 8895
      3222 8891 3197 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 242DEG 25KT 3189 8936 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

667 
WWUS54 KJAN 162028
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
228 PM CST Thu Feb 16 2023

MSC061-162045-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230216T2045Z/
Jasper MS-
228 PM CST Thu Feb 16 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY...
    
At 228 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Paulding, or 13 miles northeast of Stringer, moving
northeast at 30 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...
  Paulding around 235 PM CST.
  Rose Hill around 250 PM CST.
  Orange around 255 PM 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 3191 8914 3204 8922 3222 8895 3222 8891
      3197 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 241DEG 25KT 3201 8910 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 10:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	48 min
Feb 16, 12:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	54 min
Feb 16, 1:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	59 min
Feb 16, 1:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	55 min
Feb 16, 1:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	40 min
Feb 16, 1:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	30 min
Feb 16, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Marion	50 min
Feb 16, 2:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Marion	30 min
Feb 16, 4:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln	3 hr

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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.