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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 6:09 PM CST for Rankin County, Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 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
- Dec 31, 2010, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 50 | Steele, MS | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 21. |
| Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 4 N Forest, MS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
533
WFUS54 KJAN 010009
TORJAN
MSC121-123-129-010115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0001.110101T0009Z-110101T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
609 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HARPERVILLE...MORTON...FOREST...
NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 609 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
PELAHATCHIE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PULASKI...HOMEWOOD...HILLSBORO AND STEELE
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 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 8985 3228 8991 3258 8938 3258 8932
3221 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 239DEG 36KT 3220 8978
$$
COHENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 58 min |
| Dec 31, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 56 min |
| Dec 31, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Dec 31, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 64 min |
| Dec 31, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 49 min |
| Dec 31, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 8:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 40 min |
| Dec 31, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 33 min |
| Dec 31, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 50 min |
| Dec 31, 9:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Holmes and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 69 min |
| Dec 31, 9:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Humphreys, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 40 min |
| Dec 31, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Dec 31, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 42 min |
| Dec 31, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 42 min |
| Dec 31, 10:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 54 min |
| Dec 31, 10:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Webster | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo | 61 min |
| Dec 31, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 53 min |
| Dec 31, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 68 min |
| Dec 31, 11:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren, Yazoo | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 55 min |
| Dec 31, 11:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 66 min |
| Dec 31, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 64 min |
| Dec 31, 11:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Holmes | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 12:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 64 min |
| Jan 1, 12:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 59 min |
| Jan 1, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Winston | 54 min |
| Jan 1, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 59 min |
| Jan 1, 1:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 55 min |
| Jan 1, 1:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 64 min |
| Jan 1, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 67 min |
| Jan 1, 1:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson, Smith | 5 hr |
| Jan 1, 1:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 58 min |
| Jan 1, 1:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 25 min |
| Jan 1, 1:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 2 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 17 min |
| Jan 1, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 60 min |
| Jan 1, 2:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 64 min |
| Jan 1, 3:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 34 min |
| Jan 1, 3:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 79 min |
| Jan 1, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith | 50 min |
| Jan 1, 4:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 34 min |
| Jan 1, 4:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 23 hr |
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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.