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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2023, 10:53 AM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 min. 2 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
- Jun 18, 2023, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2023, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Clarke County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:53 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ene Quitman, MS | Corrects previous tornado report from 4 ENE Quitman. A short-lived tornado moved southeast across an area in the vicinity of County Road 440 east of Quitman during the late morning of June 18th 2023. The tornado initially touched down just south of County Road |
| Jun 18, 10:54 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Quitman, MS | Widespread tree and power line damage across much of the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
967
WFUS54 KJAN 181553
TORJAN
MSC023-181615-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0039.230618T1553Z-230618T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1053 AM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Clarke County in east central Mississippi...
* Until 1115 AM CDT.
* At 1053 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Sykes, or near Quitman, moving southeast
at 50 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...
Crandall around 1105 AM 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 3196 8846 3196 8847 3190 8847 3189 8848
3188 8852 3200 8875 3219 8866 3214 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 298DEG 42KT 3208 8864
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 73 min |
| Jun 18, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey and 2 more | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 71 min |
| Jun 18, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 18 min |
| Jun 18, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Flood Watch | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 29 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 3 days |
| Jun 18, 4:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 5 days |
| Jun 18, 4:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 21 days |
| Jun 18, 4:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 18 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 4 days |
| Jun 18, 4:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 7 days |
| Jun 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 61 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.