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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 1:51 AM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Warren County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Warren County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:13 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Wnw Redwood, MS | NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL AT EAGLE LAKE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 100651
TORJAN
LAC035-065-MSC055-125-149-100730-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0049.090410T0651Z-090410T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
151 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLULAH...
SOUTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VALLEY PARK...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF REDWOOD...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 151 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MANSFORD
MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE BEND BY 200 AM CDT...
REDWOOD AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY PARK BY 210 AM CDT...
OAK RIDGE BY 215 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3268 9087 3267 9072 3264 9069 3263 9070
3262 9068 3260 9068 3259 9065 3255 9064
3255 9059 3254 9058 3253 9055 3237 9067
3237 9132 3259 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 259DEG 60KT 3249 9119
$$
MRM1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KJAN 100708
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
208 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
LAC035-065-MSC055-125-149-100730-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090410T0730Z/
EAST CARROLL LA-WARREN MS-SHARKEY MS-ISSAQUENA MS-MADISON LA-
208 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ISSAQUENA...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SHARKEY AND NORTHERN WARREN
COUNTIES...AND NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN EAST CARROLL
PARISHES...
AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OMEGA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE BEND BY 215 AM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY PARK AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD BY
230 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3263 9118 3268 9087 3267 9072 3264 9070
3263 9070 3262 9068 3259 9068 3259 9065
3255 9064 3255 9059 3253 9055 3238 9068
3237 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 260DEG 32KT 3252 9108
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 12:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 20 min |
| Apr 10, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 10:01 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Richland | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland | 48 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.