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Tornado Warning 110, NWS Jackson, MS

April 21, 2011Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2011, 2:14 PM CDT for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2011, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2011, 2:26 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jasper County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

286 
WFUS54 KJAN 211914
TORJAN
MSC061-211945-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0110.110421T1914Z-110421T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
214 PM CDT THU APR 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAY SPRINGS
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...HEIDELBERG...ORANGE AND STAFFORD SPRINGS

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8930 3193 8933 3201 8932 3211 8892
      3207 8891 3189 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 256DEG 21KT 3194 8921

$$

BK
1 follow-up statement
179 
WWUS54 KJAN 211926
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
226 PM CDT THU APR 21 2011

MSC061-211936-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-110421T1945Z/
JASPER MS-
226 PM CDT THU APR 21 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3183 8930 3193 8933 3201 8932 3211 8892
      3207 8891 3189 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 256DEG 21KT 3196 8914

$$

BK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery, Webster60 min
Apr 20, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore39 min
Apr 20, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha49 min
Apr 20, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster62 min
Apr 20, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes30 min
Apr 20, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll46 min
Apr 20, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower31 min
Apr 20, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes57 min
Apr 20, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo53 min
Apr 20, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster44 min
Apr 20, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes16 min
Apr 20, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston43 min
Apr 20, 8:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster3 hr
Apr 20, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes61 min
Apr 20, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake, Madison22 min
Apr 20, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha57 min
Apr 20, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston59 min
Apr 20, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee57 min
Apr 20, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds28 min
Apr 20, 9:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNoxubee3 hr
Apr 20, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin41 min
Apr 20, 10:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery12 hr
Apr 20, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott50 min
Apr 20, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey65 min
Apr 20, 11:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLowndes3 hr
Apr 20, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston32 min
Apr 20, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott42 min
Apr 20, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo37 min
Apr 21, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott19 min
Apr 21, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba20 min
Apr 21, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott28 min
Apr 21, 1:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison29 min
Apr 21, 1:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston2 hr
Apr 21, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale32 min
Apr 21, 2:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCarroll, Leflore41 hr
Apr 21, 6:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey33 min
Apr 21, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo40 min
Apr 21, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren19 min
Apr 21, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren40 min
Apr 21, 7:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo31 min
Apr 21, 7:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo42 min
Apr 21, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren, Yazoo49 min
Apr 21, 8:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNoxubee3 days
Apr 21, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo18 min
Apr 21, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo22 min
Apr 21, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey45 min
Apr 21, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANYazoo115 min
Apr 21, 10:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds, Warren, Yazoo29 min
Apr 21, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin67 min
Apr 21, 11:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah29 min
Apr 21, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah55 min
Apr 21, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin, Lincoln32 min
Apr 21, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba, Newton31 min
Apr 21, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence49 min
Apr 21, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Newton63 min
Apr 21, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln30 min
Apr 21, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence32 min
Apr 21, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Marion28 min
Apr 21, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones, Lamar, Marion31 min
Apr 21, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones, Lamar30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.