Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2010

Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 2010Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 7:42 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 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: Apr 24, 2010, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2010, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 7:55 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Rosedale, MS	REPORT WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE
Apr 24, 8:02 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Gunnison, MS	HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

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 24, 6:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

764 
WFUS54 KJAN 241242
TORJAN
MSC011-241345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0013.100424T1242Z-100424T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
742 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...ROSEDALE...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 742 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SCOTT
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSEDALE BY 755 AM CDT...
  GUNNISON BY 805 AM CDT...
  MOUND BAYOU BY 810 AM CDT...
  SHELBY AND DEESON BY 815 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 SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 9067 3385 9065 3354 9110 3358 9117
      3364 9116 3367 9122 3370 9122 3372 9116
      3367 9111 3368 9105 3371 9105 3370 9112
      3372 9114 3379 9114 3379 9099 3385 9107
      3395 9103 3397 9097 3413 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1242Z 224DEG 49KT 3366 9112

$$

CME

3 follow-up statements

610 
WWUS54 KJAN 241256
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
756 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

MSC011-241345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100424T1345Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
756 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR BOLIVAR
COUNTY...

AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEULAH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GUNNISON AND MERIGOLD BY 800 AM CDT...
  SHELBY...DEESON...WINSTONVILLE AND MOUND BAYOU BY 805 AM CDT...
  DUNCAN BY 810 AM CDT...
  ALLIGATOR BY 815 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 PRODUCING TENNIS BALL 
SIZED HAIL IN ROSEDALE. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 9067 3385 9065 3354 9110 3358 9117
      3364 9116 3367 9122 3370 9122 3372 9116
      3367 9111 3368 9105 3371 9105 3370 9112
      3372 9114 3379 9114 3379 9099 3385 9107
      3395 9103 3397 9097 3413 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 221DEG 60KT 3385 9094

$$

CME

975 
WWUS54 KJAN 241308
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
808 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

MSC011-241345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100424T1345Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
808 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR BOLIVAR
COUNTY...

AT 808 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DUNCAN BY 815 AM CDT...
  ALLIGATOR BY 820 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 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 9067 3386 9065 3364 9101 3368 9105
      3371 9104 3378 9113 3379 9106 3377 9103
      3377 9100 3379 9099 3385 9107 3395 9103
      3397 9097 3413 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1308Z 225DEG 47KT 3398 9081

$$

CME

550 
WWUS54 KJAN 241335
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
835 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

MSC011-241345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100424T1345Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
835 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BOLIVAR COUNTY...

AT 835 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GUNNISON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DUNCAN BY 840 AM CDT...
  ALLIGATOR BY 845 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 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 9067 3386 9065 3382 9088 3387 9097
      3395 9103 3397 9097 3413 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1335Z 225DEG 47KT 3396 9080

$$

CME

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	38 min
Apr 24, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	17 min
Apr 24, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	13 min
Apr 24, 3:31 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 24 more	13 hr
Apr 24, 3:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 14 more	12 hr
Apr 24, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	33 min
Apr 24, 6:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar	44 min
Apr 24, 6:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	39 min
Apr 24, 6:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	33 min
Apr 24, 7:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	47 min
Apr 24, 7:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Rankin, Simpson, Smith	64 min
Apr 24, 8:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	68 min
Apr 24, 8:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith	61 min
Apr 24, 9:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	15 days
Apr 24, 9:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	52 min
Apr 24, 9:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	58 min
Apr 24, 9:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	41 min
Apr 24, 9:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	35 min
Apr 24, 10:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	23 min
Apr 24, 10:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	28 min
Apr 24, 10:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	113 min
Apr 24, 10:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	42 min
Apr 24, 10:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	48 min
Apr 24, 10:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	46 min
Apr 24, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	56 min
Apr 24, 11:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	54 min
Apr 24, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	42 min
Apr 24, 12:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	64 min
Apr 24, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery	60 min
Apr 24, 1:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston	55 min
Apr 24, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	60 min
Apr 24, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	50 min
Apr 24, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	36 min
Apr 24, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	24 min
Apr 24, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	37 min
Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	62 min
Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	68 min
Apr 24, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	52 min
Apr 24, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	49 min
Apr 24, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Oktibbeha	51 min
Apr 24, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	55 min
Apr 24, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Noxubee	34 min
Apr 24, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Winston	38 min
Apr 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	35 min
Apr 24, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	61 min
Apr 24, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	39 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes in 2010

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.