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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2024, 6:58 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 28, 2024, 6:58 PM CST (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2024, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 7:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Wnw Merit, MS | This EF1 tornado began along Big Woods Rd where several trees were snapped and proceeded east northeastward resulting in additional tree damage and damaging multiple chicken houses along Jupiter Rd before reaching the city of Mendenhall. Several trees and util |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 591 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.0
The text
As transmitted.
331
WFUS54 KJAN 290058
TORJAN
MSC065-077-121-127-290200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0039.241229T0058Z-241229T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
658 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2024
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Rankin County in central Mississippi...
Western Simpson County in central Mississippi...
Lawrence County in south central Mississippi...
Western Jefferson Davis County in south central Mississippi...
* Until 800 PM CST.
* At 658 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rockport, or 14 miles southeast of Hazlehurst,
moving northeast at 60 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...
Pinola, Shivers, and Union around 705 PM CST.
Braxton and D'Lo around 715 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 3135 9023 3173 9011 3177 9013 3178 9011
3179 9014 3181 9014 3183 9013 3184 9016
3186 9013 3189 9014 3193 9017 3194 9020
3195 9019 3204 9024 3205 9023 3205 9011
3215 8988 3139 8992 3140 9004 3135 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 231DEG 51KT 3176 9018
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
DB1 follow-up statement
572
WWUS54 KJAN 290130
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
730 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2024
MSC121-127-290140-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-241229T0200Z/
Rankin MS-Simpson MS-
730 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RANKIN AND WESTERN SIMPSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for south central
and central Mississippi.
&&
LAT...LON 3135 9023 3172 9011 3175 9011 3177 8990
3139 8992 3140 9004 3135 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 231DEG 51KT 3205 8976
$$
MSC065-077-290200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-241229T0200Z/
Lawrence MS-Jefferson Davis MS-
730 PM CST Sat Dec 28 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR LAWRENCE
AND WESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...
At 730 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Puckett, or 9 miles northeast of Mendenhall, moving
northeast at 60 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
Lawrence and western Jefferson Davis Counties.
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 3135 9023 3172 9011 3175 9011 3177 8990
3139 8992 3140 9004 3135 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 231DEG 51KT 3205 8976
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 73 min |
| Dec 28, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Dec 28, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Rankin, Simpson | 50 min |
| Dec 28, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 62 min |
| Dec 28, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Dec 28, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 60 min |
| Dec 28, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin | 55 min |
| Dec 28, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Dec 28, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo | 60 min |
| Dec 28, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 67 min |
| Dec 28, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 58 min |
| Dec 28, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott | 58 min |
| Dec 28, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 63 min |
| Dec 28, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 59 min |
| Dec 28, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery | 56 min |
| Dec 28, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 53 min |
| Dec 28, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 64 min |
| Dec 28, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Neshoba, Winston | 49 min |
| Dec 28, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 66 min |
| Dec 28, 8:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 62 min |
| Dec 28, 8:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 54 min |
| Dec 28, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba | 59 min |
| Dec 28, 8:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 min |
| Dec 28, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Dec 29, 10:57 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 9 days |
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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.