Tornado Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS

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SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
645 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

MSC029-127-210130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-231121T0130Z/
Simpson MS-Copiah MS-
645 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON AND NORTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTIES...
        
At 644 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located just northwest of 
Pinola, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

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 tornado will be near...
  Pinola, Harrisville, and Union around 650 PM CST.
  D'Lo and Braxton around 655 PM CST.
  Mendenhall around 700 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3205 9007 3205 8985 3185 8981 3186 9028
      3201 9029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 261DEG 32KT 3190 9014 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
653 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

MSC029-127-210130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-231121T0130Z/
Simpson MS-Copiah MS-
653 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON AND NORTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTIES...
    
At 652 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located about 5 miles south of Braxton, 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...
  D'Lo, Braxton, and Pinola around 655 PM CST.
  Mendenhall around 700 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 3205 9007 3205 8985 3185 8981 3186 9020
      3202 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 261DEG 32KT 3191 9006 

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

$$

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
703 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

MSC029-210113-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-231121T0130Z/
Copiah MS-
703 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for central
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3205 8997 3205 8985 3185 8981 3186 9001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 261DEG 32KT 3193 8994 

$$

MSC127-210130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-231121T0130Z/
Simpson MS-
703 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SIMPSON COUNTY...
    
At 703 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pinola, or near Mendenhall, moving east 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...
  Mendenhall and D'Lo around 710 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 3205 8997 3205 8985 3185 8981 3186 9001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 261DEG 32KT 3193 8994 

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

$$

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Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson MS
602 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

...New AVIATION...

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 108 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

This Afternoon Through Tonight ...

A substantial severe weather threat remains likely, initially
beginning across southeast Arkansas and into eastern Louisiana this
afternoon. This activity spreads across the rest of the area into
the evening and overnight with the threat for tornadoes, some
strong, damaging winds, and hail possible. Flash flooding will not
be widespread as storm motions will be quite rapid with heavy rains
relatively brief. In isolated urban corridors where runoff is
maximized with poor drainage, some ponding along roads will however
be possible.

Regarding the meteorological synopsis, a narrow ridge aloft and the
associated surface high that came into our area over the weekend
behind a cold front has now shifted east of our area. This is in
response to a large longwave upper trough moving across the central
portion of the country. With the stronger trough now impinging on
the area, the backside moisture return behind the departing surface
high in combination with lowering surface pressures and enhanced
southerlies ahead of the incoming surface cyclone is resulting in
rapid boundary layer recovery. With only a few hours of deep
southerlies, this is resulting in a narrow, pinched warm sector.
Overtop this narrow zone of deep moisture, lapse rates aloft are not
particularly impressive either and thus the net result on a
thermodynamic level is weak instability overall. Most unstable cape
values (MUCAPE) will likely remain constrained beneath 1500 J/KG for
the area with most areas struggling to reach 1000 J/KG.

In spite of this, strong to extreme wind shear (0-6 km bulk shear at
or above 90 kts) and substantial forcing for ascent associated with
the nose of a very powerful jet advancing into the
downstream/divergent area of the approaching trough will likely be
sufficient to take advantage of the well above seasonal moisture
content and warmth at least within that narrow corridor in the
vicinity of the approaching front. This front will likely be
somewhat convectively modified with storm outflows, but in general
will extend from a surface low that will likely move from southern
Arkansas into northern Mississippi through tonight.

Within the boundary layer, shear will likely begin to further
increase into the early evening as the low level jet begins to
strengthen. Winds at 850 mb will likely increase from 40- 45 kt
to 55-60 kt during the time period. Surface winds will remain
generally backed, southerly to south-southeasterly, until impacted
by storm outflows. This will likely result in 0-1 km SRH values
moving from around 200 m^2/s^2 this afternoon to upwards of 400
m^2/s^2 by evening. Traditional severe weather indices sig tor
parameter (STP) and 0-1 km energy-helicity index (0-1 km EHI)
could end up the 1-2 range. Readers are cautioned to recall that
these numbers may under-represent the risk when the event is known
to be heavily driven by wind shear.

Mesoscale guidance remains insistent that, as might be expected, the
strongest individual storms are likely those that deviate to the
right of the mean flow. The HRRR, for example, suggests the
strongest 0-3 km updraft helicity is likely to occur with such
storms. These storms will likely have transient supercell
characteristics in close proximity to or embedded within the
advancing broken squall. These right-movers, however, will find that
any rightward motion will quickly push the storms into areas of
decreasing low level moisture content and for that reason the
strongest storms may struggle to maintain longevity. Further,
forecast soundings indicate that storms may be relatively low-
topped. The implication could be that storms will rapidly develop
within a narrow but very supportive corridor, becoming mature and
producing severe weather in a rapid fashion, before weakening as
they move northeast. With storm motions quite rapid, this potential
scenario could allow for cell maturity, including tornado
production, to occur rapidly with strong tornadoes possible as well.
These factors, coupled with a potentially messy storm mode yielding
rain wrapping around updrafts and the overnight timing, poses an
increased risk to life and property.

North of the "enhanced" risk, centered approximately along and south
of the I-20 corridor, storms will likely be most intense in
proximity to the warm front. The warm sector will be increasingly
narrow with northward extent within this "slight" risk delineation,
but proximity to the surface low, the warm front and advancing cold
front, and maximized deep layer shear could allow for bowing
structures and wind damage in the more northern areas should one of
these bowing features advance in the vicinity of the diffuse warm
front could be of somewhat greater coverage/longevity than may
otherwise be expected with the meager . The strong tornado threat,
however, will likely be substantially lower in these areas than
within the "enhanced" risk areas to the south.

The hail and flash flood risks do appear to be secondary hazards.
Regarding flash flooding, quickly moving storms and the overall
storm system not lingering, along with antecedent drought
conditions, should help limit the risk except in the more flood
prone, urban areas. For hail, storms that may be somewhat low-
topped, a messy, quasi-linear storm mode, and limited instability
both within the hail growth region aloft and overall will likely
make severe hail reports somewhat uncommon. A hail stone or two as
large as golfball can't be totally ruled out with the best
chances for that being with the earlier storms west of I-55 while
storm mode may be slightly more cellular/discrete and instability
may reach a relative maximum.

It's also worth noting that in the hour or two ahead of the band of
thunderstorms, gusty southerly winds could reach 30-35 mph. Given
the relative proximity to the approaching squall, a wind graphic was
not generated. These winds could down weak limbs sporadically,
potentially causing isolated power interruptions. This could
potentially affect the ability to receive severe weather warnings as
storms approach and is another reminder to have multiple ways to
receive warnings.

Storms finally end from west to east overnight with a cool northwest
wind moving in behind the cold front. /86/

Tomorrow through Monday...

For Tuesday, the cold front will pass through our region with some
lingering showers remaining behind before decreasing in coverage by
the afternoon and evening hours. Drier and colder air will filter
into the area in the wake of the aforementioned cold front.
Temperatures will be slightly below seasonal as highs will be in the
middle to upper 50s and lows will be in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
Patchy frost will be possible for northern Mississippi and near the
Delta region for Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Thursday
will bring the next chance for additional rainfall to our area. A
shortwave trough, located near northern Mexico/South Texas will push
eastward; as a result, rainfall chances will increase across the
CWA. Lack of instability will keep severe weather chances very low
to non-existent for this system. Precipitation chances will range
between 40-50% before decreasing by Friday morning and accumulating
total will range under a quarter inch, which will help alleviate
some of the ongoing drought. Friday through the weekend, quiet
conditions and near seasonal high and low temperatures are
expected. /SW/

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 600 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

MVFR and IFR conditions can be expected for the majority of the TAF
period. Shower and thunderstorm coverage will continue mainly this
evening. Some storms could possibly be severe. Low ceilings and
southerly winds with gusts up to 30 kts will prevail ahead of the
strong to severe storms. Look for winds to shift to the northwest
following the frontal passage later tonight. /SW/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Jackson       57  64  43  56 / 100  30  20  10
Meridian      60  69  45  57 / 100  30  10  10
Vicksburg     54  61  43  56 / 100  20  10  10
Hattiesburg   63  71  46  60 / 100  30  10  10
Natchez       55  61  43  56 / 100  10  10  10
Greenville    53  58  42  54 /  90  30  10   0
Greenwood     54  60  42  54 / 100  30  10  10

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...None.
LA...None.
AR...None.
&&

LP/SW/SW

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
439 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     Hail             Ferriday                31.63N 91.56W
11/20/2023  M1.25 inch       Concordia          LA   Storm Chaser

&&

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
514 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0426 PM     Hail             2 S Clayton             31.69N 91.54W
11/20/2023  E1.75 inch       Concordia          LA   Law Enforcement

&&

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
515 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0433 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NE Ferriday           31.67N 91.52W
11/20/2023                   Concordia          LA   Law Enforcement

            Trees down and lines down NE of Ferriday.

&&

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
534 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0451 PM     Hail             3 NE Pine Ridge         31.66N 91.32W
11/20/2023  E0.70 inch       Adams              MS   Emergency Mngr

            Dime sized hail was reported on Gaylor Rd.

&&

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
555 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0538 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 NNW Gluckstadt        32.53N 90.10W
11/20/2023  E60 MPH          Madison            MS   Amateur Radio

&&

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
622 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 WNW Hazlehurst        31.87N 90.41W
11/20/2023  E60 MPH          Copiah             MS   Storm Chaser

            60+ mph est gusts, debris blowing around.

&&

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