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Tornado Warning 126, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 12:58 AM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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
- Apr 27, 2011, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Leflore County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:18 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 Ene Minter City, MS | A TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY...TRACKED ACROSS A 3.5 MILE PORTION OF LEFLORE COUNTY AND THEN TRACKED BACK INTO TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH IN LEFLORE COUNTY. THE TORNADO IS RATED EF1 WITH MAXIMUM |
| Apr 27, 1:24 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Sidon, MS | A 3 MILE PATH WAS FOUND FROM SIDON TO 3 NE OF SIDON. A COUPLE DOZEN TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. TWO WERE DOWN ON HOUSES...ONE ON A MOBILE HOME AND ANOTHER ON A CAR. MAX WINDS WERE 90 MPH...100 YDS WIDE. |
| Apr 27, 1:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood, MS | TREES DOWN ON 2 HOMES AND 1 MOBILE HOME. POWER LINES ALSO DOWN. TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED |
| Apr 27, 1:31 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 72 | 7 Ese Greenwood, MS | |
| Apr 27, 1:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sidon, MS | A TREE FELL ON TWO HOUSES AND A SECOND TREE FELL ON A HOUSE IN SIDON. |
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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 17.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
319
WFUS54 KJAN 270558
TORJAN
MSC015-043-051-053-083-270645-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0126.110427T0558Z-110427T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1258 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ITTA BENA...GREENWOOD...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 1258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE EMBEDDED TORNADOES
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINTER CITY TO 8
MILES SOUTH OF SWIFTOWN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SUNNYSIDE...QUITO...MONEY...SIDON...SEVEN PINES...AVALON...
LEFLORE...TEOC...HOLCOMB AND MALMAISON
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 3367 8990 3335 9003 3318 9044 3381 9045
3381 9017 3378 9017 3375 9028 3372 9030
3370 9028 3370 9027 3374 9024 3373 9014
3381 9012 3383 8994 3390 8993 3390 8990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 231DEG 45KT 3383 9036 3320 9046
$$
EEC2 follow-up statements
127
WWUS54 KJAN 270611
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
111 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC015-043-051-053-083-270645-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0126.000000T0000Z-110427T0645Z/
GRENADA MS-LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-
111 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS...NORTHWESTERN HOLMES...NORTHWESTERN
CARROLL...LEFLORE AND WESTERN GRENADA COUNTIES...
AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM MINTER CITY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SWIFTOWN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SUNNYSIDE...MORGAN CITY...ITTA BENA...QUITO...MONEY...CRUGER...
GREENWOOD...SIDON...AVALON...SEVEN PINES...LEFLORE...TEOC...HOLCOMB
AND MALMAISON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 8990 3335 9003 3318 9044 3381 9045
3381 9017 3378 9017 3375 9028 3372 9030
3370 9028 3370 9027 3374 9024 3373 9014
3381 9012 3383 8994 3390 8993 3390 8990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 231DEG 45KT 3386 9028 3323 9038
$$
EEC981
WWUS54 KJAN 270622
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
122 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC015-043-051-053-083-270645-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0126.000000T0000Z-110427T0645Z/
GRENADA MS-LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-
122 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS...NORTHWESTERN HOLMES...NORTHWESTERN
CARROLL...LEFLORE AND WESTERN GRENADA COUNTIES...
AT 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINTER CITY TO CRUGER MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SIDON...GREENWOOD...AVALON...LEFLORE...SEVEN PINES...TEOC...MALMAISON
AND HOLCOMB
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 8990 3335 9003 3318 9044 3381 9045
3381 9017 3378 9017 3375 9028 3372 9030
3370 9028 3370 9027 3374 9024 3373 9014
3381 9012 3383 8994 3390 8993 3390 8990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 236DEG 47KT 3384 9016 3328 9023
$$
EECThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 47 days |
| Apr 26, 9:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 37 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 11:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 12:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 116 min |
| Apr 27, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Sharkey, Yazoo | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison and 1 more | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 1:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 1:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 2:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 2:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin and 2 more | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 3:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Simpson | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Winston | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba, Winston | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton and 2 more | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 4:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 9 min |
| Apr 27, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 7:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 71 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 10:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 23 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Webster | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 54 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.