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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

November 29, 2010Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2010, 6:59 PM CST for Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
Nov 29, 2010, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2010, 7:30 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 29, 7:19 PM CSTTORNADO 14 Nnw Holly Bluff, MSUS FOREST SERVICE REPORTS TORNADO TRACK IN DELTA NATIONAL FOREST. TORNADO TRACKED NNE THROUGH FOREST SECTIONS 16...9...4...3. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A NUMBER OF LARGE TREES BEING SNAPPED AND TOPS TWISTED OFF. PATH LENGTH 3.5 MILES AND MAX WIDTH 100 YD.
Nov 29, 7:19 PM CSTTORNADO4 Nnw Holly Bluff, MSUS FOREST SERVICE REPORTS TORNADO TRACK IN DELTA NATIONAL FOREST. TORNADO TRACKED NNE THROUGH FOREST SECTIONS 16...9...4...3. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A NUMBER OF LARGE TREES BEING SNAPPED AND TOPS TWISTED OFF. PATH LENGTH 3.5 MILES AND MAX WIDTH 100 YD.
Nov 29, 7:20 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG9 Ene Rolling Fork, MSSEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 29, 1:31 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2010-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 946 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2010-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 406 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
492 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

045 
WFUS54 KJAN 300059
TORJAN
MSC053-125-163-300130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0049.101130T0059Z-101130T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
659 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROLLING FORK...

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 659 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  ROLLING FORK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY
  BLUFF AND MIDNIGHT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3318 9054 3296 9033 3268 9089 3276 9096
      3285 9096 3286 9094 3289 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 233DEG 40KT 3281 9086

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 7:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo37 min
Nov 29, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery, Webster22 min
Nov 29, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Yazoo46 min
Nov 29, 7:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo44 min
Nov 29, 7:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Warren57 min
Nov 29, 8:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott57 min
Nov 29, 8:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson55 min
Nov 29, 8:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo67 min
Nov 29, 8:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo57 min
Nov 29, 8:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Winston64 min
Nov 29, 8:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Warren, Yazoo61 min
Nov 29, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo50 min
Nov 29, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams, Jefferson61 min
Nov 29, 9:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren66 min
Nov 29, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston60 min
Nov 29, 9:24 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Winston66 min
Nov 29, 9:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Leake, Winston61 min
Nov 29, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin41 min
Nov 29, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin63 min
Nov 29, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson61 min
Nov 29, 10:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds38 min
Nov 29, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin48 min
Nov 29, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Winston45 min
Nov 29, 10:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston46 min
Nov 29, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston60 min
Nov 29, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin2 hr
Nov 29, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott64 min
Nov 29, 11:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith50 min
Nov 29, 11:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith46 min
Nov 29, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha59 min
Nov 29, 11:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee33 min
Nov 29, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams39 min
Nov 29, 11:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes24 min
Nov 29, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston44 min
Nov 29, 11:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams44 min
Nov 29, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott57 min
Nov 30, 12:03 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston42 min
Nov 30, 12:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott34 min
Nov 30, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Newton52 min
Nov 30, 12:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln65 min
Nov 30, 12:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston34 min
Nov 30, 12:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln58 min
Nov 30, 12:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston2 hr
Nov 30, 12:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton16 min
Nov 30, 1:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson64 min
Nov 30, 1:34 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton26 min
Nov 30, 1:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee46 min
Nov 30, 2:05 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith55 min
Nov 30, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln53 min
Nov 30, 2:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln62 min
Nov 30, 2:50 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith55 min
Nov 30, 3:09 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson36 min
Nov 30, 3:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton63 min
Nov 30, 3:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Simpson, Smith43 min
Nov 30, 3:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion65 min
Nov 30, 4:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Newton, Smith39 min
Nov 30, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith39 min
Nov 30, 4:34 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton56 min
Nov 30, 4:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee34 min
Nov 30, 4:45 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith60 min
Nov 30, 5:16 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale59 min
Nov 30, 5:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton81 min
Nov 30, 5:29 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJones46 min
Nov 30, 5:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion71 min
Nov 30, 5:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale50 min
Nov 30, 6:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.