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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS

January 1, 20115 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2011, 12:21 AM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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: Jan 1, 2011, 12:21 AM CST (06:21 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2011, 1:15 AM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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
Jan 1, 12:40 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Weir, MS	TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN WEIR ON MARION-KELLY DR.
Jan 1, 12:40 AM CST	TORNADO 1	1 Sw Weir, MS	LARGE PINES SNAPPED IN THE YARD OF A HOUSE. A TREE FELL ON THE HOUSE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND SNAPPED AND UPROOTED MORE PINE TREES. ON MAIN STREET IT BLEW THE SKIRTING OFF A MOBILE HOME AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO A CH
Jan 1, 12:46 AM CST	TORNADO 1	2 Ene Weir, MS	MAX ESTIMATED WINDS OF 90MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 6.2 MILES. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED A NUMBER OF PINE TREES. A COUPLE OF SMALL OUTBUILDINGS HAD SOME ROOF DAMAGE.
Jan 1, 12:48 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Ackerman, MS	A FEW TREES DOWN NEAR CHOCTAW LAKE AND ALONG HWY 15 JUST S OF ACKERMAN.

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
Dec 31, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 1802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

904 
WFUS54 KJAN 010621
TORJAN
MSC019-025-097-105-159-010715-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0011.110101T0621Z-110101T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1221 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 115 AM CST

* AT 1221 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTH OF POPLAR CREEK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESTER BY 1240 AM CST...
  ACKERMAN BY 1245 AM CST...
  REFORM...SHERWOOD AND BETHEDEN BY 1250 AM CST...
  CRAIG SPRINGS BY 1255 AM CST...
  LONGVIEW BY 100 AM CST...

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.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES! IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8881 3321 8881 3320 8882 3308 8932
      3328 8932 3330 8964 3336 8964 3346 8952
      3346 8937 3352 8927 3354 8908 3357 8908
      3357 8901 3361 8901 3329 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 236DEG 51KT 3321 8953

$$

COHEN

5 follow-up statements

407 
WWUS54 KJAN 010632
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1232 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

MSC019-025-097-105-159-010715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0715Z/
CLAY MS-MONTGOMERY MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
1232 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON...CHOCTAW...WESTERN OKTIBBEHA...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 1231 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
POPLAR CREEK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 
THE HESTERVILLE AREA! 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ACKERMAN AND BETHEDEN BY 1240 AM CST...
  SHERWOOD...REFORM...STURGIS AND CRAIG SPRINGS BY 1245 AM CST...
  LONGVIEW BY 1250 AM CST...

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 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH.

THIS TORNADO HAS A HISTORY OF CAUSING DAMAGE!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8881 3321 8881 3320 8882 3308 8932
      3328 8932 3330 8964 3336 8964 3346 8952
      3346 8937 3352 8927 3354 8908 3357 8908
      3357 8901 3361 8901 3329 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 220DEG 57KT 3335 8941

$$

COHEN

064 
WWUS54 KJAN 010636
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1236 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

MSC019-025-097-105-159-010715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0715Z/
CLAY MS-MONTGOMERY MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
1236 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON...CHOCTAW...WESTERN OKTIBBEHA...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 1235 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WEIR...AND JUST NORTHEAST OF 
FRENCH CAMP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESTER...ACKERMAN AND BETHEDEN BY 1240 AM CST...
  REFORM...STURGIS AND CRAIG SPRINGS BY 1245 AM CST...
  SHERWOOD AND LONGVIEW BY 1250 AM CST...

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.

DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...IN 
ADDITION TO THE TORNADO.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8881 3321 8881 3320 8882 3308 8932
      3328 8932 3330 8964 3336 8964 3346 8952
      3346 8937 3352 8927 3354 8908 3357 8908
      3357 8901 3361 8901 3329 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 220DEG 57KT 3335 8934

$$

COHEN

477 
WWUS54 KJAN 010646
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1246 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

MSC097-010656-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0715Z/
MONTGOMERY MS-
1246 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3329 8881 3321 8881 3308 8932 3328 8932
      3330 8945 3344 8945 3345 8943 3344 8941
      3351 8927 3354 8908 3357 8908 3357 8901
      3361 8901 3329 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 252DEG 52KT 3334 8916

$$

MSC019-025-105-159-010715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0715Z/
CLAY MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
1246 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON...CHOCTAW...WESTERN OKTIBBEHA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...

AT 1246 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ACKERMAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BETHEDEN BY 1255 AM CST...
  LONGVIEW AND CRAIG SPRINGS BY 100 AM CST...

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 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8881 3321 8881 3308 8932 3328 8932
      3330 8945 3344 8945 3345 8943 3344 8941
      3351 8927 3354 8908 3357 8908 3357 8901
      3361 8901 3329 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 252DEG 52KT 3334 8916

$$

BK

902 
WWUS54 KJAN 010651
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1251 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

MSC019-025-105-159-010715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0715Z/
CLAY MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
1251 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON...CHOCTAW...WESTERN OKTIBBEHA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...

AT 1251 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REFORM MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LONGVIEW AND CRAIG SPRINGS BY 100 AM CST...

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 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8881 3321 8881 3308 8932 3328 8932
      3330 8945 3344 8945 3345 8943 3344 8941
      3351 8927 3354 8908 3357 8908 3357 8901
      3361 8901 3329 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 252DEG 52KT 3339 8911

$$

COHEN

009 
WWUS54 KJAN 010701
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
101 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

MSC019-025-105-159-010715-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110101T0715Z/
CLAY MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
101 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON...CHOCTAW...WESTERN OKTIBBEHA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLAY
COUNTIES...

AT 102 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STURGIS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

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 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8881 3321 8881 3308 8932 3328 8932
      3330 8945 3339 8928 3352 8921 3354 8908
      3357 8908 3357 8901 3360 8901 3330 8880
      3329 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0702Z 263DEG 42KT 3340 8896

$$

COHEN

The 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, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	66 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, 12:46 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

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.