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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 4:36 PM CDT for Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi; Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 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
- May 10, 2006, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Warren County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Hermanville, MS | TREES DOWN. |
| May 10, 5:39 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nne Port Gibson, MS | CHASER ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY VIDEO TAPED A TORNADO FOR ABOUT 30 TO 45 SECONDS JUST NORTHEAST OF PORT GIBSON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 102135 TORJAN LAC107-MSC021-149-102230- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0071.060510T2136Z-060510T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 436 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTHERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAND GULF SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF GRAND GULF...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GRAND GULF BY 450 PM CDT... HERMANVILLE BY 520 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3215 9119 3199 9124 3191 9072 3217 9073 $$ CRAVEN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KJAN 102159 RRA SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 457 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 LAC107-MSC021-149-102230- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060510T2230Z/ TENSAS LA-CLAIBORNE MS-WARREN MS- 457 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WARREN AND NORTHERN CLAIBORNE COUNTIES...AND EASTERN TENSAS PARISH... AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAND GULF... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY AT 510 PM CDT RURAL WARREN COUNTY AT 510 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY JUST WEST OF NEWELLTON...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE ALONG THE SAME PATH AS THE STORM NOW CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR GRAND GULF. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3215 9119 3199 9124 3191 9072 3217 9073 $$ CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 59 min |
| May 9, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 22 min |
| May 9, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 67 min |
| May 10, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 46 min |
| May 10, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 55 min |
| May 10, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 3 hr |
| May 10, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 44 min |
| May 10, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 24 min |
| May 10, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 48 min |
| May 10, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 54 min |
| May 10, 1:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 24 min |
| May 10, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 25 min |
| May 10, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 55 min |
| May 10, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 62 min |
| May 10, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 61 min |
| May 10, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 48 min |
| May 10, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 34 min |
| May 10, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 58 min |
| May 10, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 53 min |
| May 10, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 30 more | 16 hr |
| May 10, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 42 min |
| May 10, 8:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 16 hr |
| May 10, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 45 min |
| May 10, 8:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 14 min |
| May 10, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 21 min |
| May 10, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 45 min |
| May 10, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 56 min |
| May 10, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 49 min |
| May 10, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| May 10, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 28 min |
| May 10, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 38 min |
| May 10, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 2 hr |
| May 10, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 42 min |
| May 10, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 40 min |
| May 10, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 44 min |
| May 10, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower | 2 hr |
| May 10, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 42 min |
| May 10, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 24 min |
| May 10, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 43 min |
| May 10, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 2 hr |
| May 10, 12:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 113 min |
| May 10, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 28 min |
| May 10, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 49 min |
| May 10, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 22 min |
| May 10, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 18 min |
| May 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| May 10, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 2 hr |
| May 10, 1:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 114 min |
| May 10, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 45 min |
| May 10, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 47 min |
| May 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 2 hr |
| May 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo | 54 min |
| May 10, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo | 2 hr |
| May 10, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 22 min |
| May 10, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 64 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 54 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 54 min |
| May 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 45 min |
| May 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 62 min |
| May 10, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 57 min |
| May 10, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 59 min |
| May 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 59 min |
| May 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 53 min |
| May 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 52 min |
| May 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 60 min |
| May 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 39 min |
| May 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 46 min |
| May 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 24 min |
| May 10, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren | 64 min |
| May 10, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 61 min |
| May 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 60 min |
| May 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.