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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS

January 1, 20115 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2011, 12:46 AM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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: Jan 1, 2011, 12:46 AM CST (06:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2011, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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, 12:48 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Ackerman, MS	A FEW TREES DOWN NEAR CHOCTAW LAKE AND ALONG HWY 15 JUST S OF ACKERMAN.
Jan 1, 1:20 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Pearl River, MS	TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG MS HIGHWAY 488.
Jan 1, 1:30 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 50	3 Ne Philadelphia, MS	TREE DOWNED ALONG MS HIGHWAY 21.

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 398 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

417 
WFUS54 KJAN 010646
TORJAN
MSC007-019-079-099-159-010745-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0012.110101T0646Z-110101T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1246 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO...
  SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...EDINBURG...CARTHAGE...
  NORTHERN NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NANIH WAIYA...LOUISVILLE...

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 1246 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SINGLETON
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SMYRNA...RENFROE...ZAMA...PEARL RIVER...BURNSIDE...STALLO...CENTER
  RIDGE...MILLCREEK...VERNON AND BETHEDEN

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 3293 8891 3281 8891 3268 8957 3295 8977
      3335 8909 3329 8908 3329 8883 3321 8880
      3293 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 265DEG 42KT 3283 8956

$$

COHEN

4 follow-up statements

189 
WWUS54 KJAN 010700
SVSJAN

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

MSC007-019-079-099-159-010745-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110101T0745Z/
LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS-
100 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR
WINSTON...SOUTHEASTERN ATTALA...SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHERN
NESHOBA AND NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTIES...

AT 101 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SMYRNA MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZAMA...
EDINBURG...MCCOOL...PEARL RIVER...PHILADELPHIA...BURNSIDE...STALLO...
NOXAPATER...CENTER RIDGE...LOUISVILLE...NANIH WAIYA...MILLCREEK...
VERNON AND BETHEDEN

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 70 MPH.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8891 3281 8891 3268 8957 3295 8977
      3335 8909 3329 8908 3329 8883 3321 8881
      3293 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 265DEG 42KT 3298 8940

$$

COHEN

490 
WWUS54 KJAN 010714
SVSJAN

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

MSC007-019-079-099-159-010745-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110101T0745Z/
LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS-
114 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR
WINSTON...SOUTHEASTERN ATTALA...SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHERN
NESHOBA AND NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTIES...

AT 115 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ZAMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NANIH
WAIYA...CENTER RIDGE...VERNON...LOUISVILLE...MILLCREEK AND BETHEDEN

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 MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8891 3281 8891 3268 8957 3295 8977
      3335 8909 3329 8908 3329 8883 3321 8881
      3293 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0715Z 231DEG 64KT 3310 8918

$$

COHEN

468 
WWUS54 KJAN 010723
SVSJAN

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

MSC007-019-079-099-159-010745-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110101T0745Z/
LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS-
123 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR
WINSTON...EAST CENTRAL ATTALA...SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHERN
NESHOBA AND NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTIES...

AT 124 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CENTER RIDGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
75 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VERNON...LOUISVILLE...MILLCREEK AND BETHEDEN

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 MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8891 3281 8891 3268 8956 3269 8957
      3301 8948 3335 8909 3329 8908 3329 8883
      3321 8881 3293 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 231DEG 64KT 3310 8913

$$

COHEN

644 
WWUS54 KJAN 010724
SVSJAN

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

MSC007-019-079-099-159-010745-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110101T0745Z/
LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS-
124 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR
WINSTON...EAST CENTRAL ATTALA...SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHERN
NESHOBA AND NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTIES...

AT 125 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CENTER RIDGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NOXAPATER...NANIH WAIYA...LOUISVILLE...VERNON...MILLCREEK AND
BETHEDEN

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 MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8891 3281 8891 3268 8956 3269 8957
      3301 8948 3335 8909 3329 8908 3329 8883
      3321 8881 3293 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 236DEG 46KT 3308 8915

$$

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, 12:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Winston	54 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.