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Tornado Warning 115, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 10:54 PM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 26, 2011, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 11:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashley County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 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 26, 10:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Sse Crossett, AR | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG CR 2 NEAR THE STATE LINE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 26, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023
WFUS54 KJAN 270354
TORJAN
ARC003-LAC067-270500-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0115.110427T0354Z-110427T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1054 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMOT...HAMBURG...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1054 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BERLIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARKDALE...SNYDER AND PORTLAND
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
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 9168 3340 9165 3324 9144 3312 9145
3301 9166 3300 9188 3295 9200 3301 9205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 230DEG 31KT 3299 9194
$$
BYB1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KJAN 270435
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1135 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
ARC003-LAC067-270444-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0115.000000T0000Z-110427T0500Z/
ASHLEY AR-MOREHOUSE LA-
1135 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ASHLEY COUNTY...AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
MOREHOUSE PARISH IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA.
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
MOREHOUSE PARISH!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3340 9168 3340 9165 3324 9144 3312 9145
3301 9166 3300 9188 3295 9200 3301 9205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 230DEG 31KT 3321 9162
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 80 min |
| Apr 26, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland, West Carroll | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 12:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 116 min |
| Apr 27, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland, West Carroll | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 114 min |
| Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 115 min |
| Apr 27, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 11:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 53 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.