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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2024, 1:36 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 9, 2024, 1:36 AM CST (07:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2024, 2:01 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 919 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
379
WFUS54 KJAN 090736
TORJAN
MSC067-090815-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.240109T0736Z-240109T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
136 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Jones County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 215 AM CST.
* At 136 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ovett, or 8 miles northwest of Richton, moving
northeast at 55 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...
Ovett around 140 AM CST.
Mill Creek around 150 AM 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 3172 8895 3143 8894 3143 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 210DEG 48KT 3143 8905
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
SAS1 follow-up statement
573
WWUS54 KJAN 090801
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
201 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024
MSC067-090811-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240109T0815Z/
Jones MS-
201 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CST for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3172 8895 3143 8894 3143 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 210DEG 48KT 3172 8885
$$
SASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 66 min |
| Jan 8, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 58 min |
| Jan 8, 11:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 81 min |
| Jan 9, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 35 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.