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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

January 1, 2011Clay County, Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2011, 1:05 AM CST for Clay County, Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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: Jan 1, 2011, 1:05 AM CST (07:05 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2011, 2:00 AM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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, 1:14 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 52	Starkville, MS
Jan 1, 1:15 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Starkville, MS	ROOF BLOWN OFF STRIP MALL ON ACADEMY ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jan 1, 1:15 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Starkville, MS	APARTMENT COMPLEX DAMAGED ALONG LYNN LANE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jan 1, 1:15 AM CST	TORNADO 1	Starkville, MS	ENTIRE ROOF REMOVED FROM AN APARTMENT BUILDING..SHINGLE OR FASCIA DAMAGE TO A NUMBER OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS. PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF CARWASH AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A CHURCH AND OTHER BUILDINGS. PUSHED OVER A SEMI-TRAILER. SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED.
Jan 1, 1:47 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Columbus, MS	A TREE AND A FEW POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.

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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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

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The text

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

034 
WFUS54 KJAN 010705
TORJAN
MSC025-087-105-010800-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0013.110101T0705Z-110101T0800Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST POINT...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS AFB...COLUMBUS...
  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...

* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 106 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LONGVIEW
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STARKVILLE AND OKTOC BY 115 AM CST...
  SESSUMS AND GRIFFITH BY 120 AM CST...
  PALA ALTO BY 125 AM CST...
  TIBBEE AND MULDROW BY 130 AM CST...
  BENT OAK AND WEST POINT BY 135 AM CST...
  WAVERLY BY 145 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3342 8829 3329 8872 3329 8894 3351 8909
      3356 8908 3357 8902 3363 8901 3382 8875
      3381 8871 3369 8871 3369 8849 3367 8847
      3370 8838 3347 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 247DEG 39KT 3340 8893

$$

COHEN

3 follow-up statements

945 
WWUS54 KJAN 010718
SVSJAN

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

MSC025-087-105-010800-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110101T0800Z/
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-
118 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 117 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
TRACK A TORNADO. RADAR SHOWS STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS 
OCCURRING NEAR STARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MULDROW...ARTESIA AND PALA ALTO BY 125 AM CST...
  TIBBEE...WEST POINT AND BENT OAK BY 130 AM CST...
  WAVERLY BY 140 AM CST...
  COLUMBUS AFB AND COLUMBUS BY 145 AM CST...
  STEENS BY 150 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 MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3342 8829 3329 8872 3329 8894 3351 8909
      3356 8908 3357 8902 3363 8901 3382 8875
      3381 8871 3369 8871 3369 8849 3367 8847
      3370 8838 3347 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 247DEG 39KT 3347 8875

$$

COHEN

917 
WWUS54 KJAN 010729
SVSJAN

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

MSC025-087-105-010800-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110101T0800Z/
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-
129 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR EASTERN
OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 129 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SESSUMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BENT OAK AND WEST POINT BY 135 AM CST...
  WAVERLY BY 145 AM CST...
  COLUMBUS AND COLUMBUS AFB BY 150 AM CST...
  STEENS AND KOLOLA SPRINGS BY 155 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 MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3342 8829 3329 8872 3329 8894 3372 8885
      3380 8872 3369 8871 3369 8849 3367 8847
      3368 8841 3370 8838 3348 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 247DEG 39KT 3349 8865

$$

COHEN

955 
WWUS54 KJAN 010741
SVSJAN

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

MSC105-010751-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110101T0800Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
141 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3342 8829 3331 8867 3357 8864 3369 8858
      3369 8849 3367 8848 3367 8847 3368 8841
      3370 8838 3348 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 247DEG 39KT 3354 8851

$$

MSC025-087-010800-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110101T0800Z/
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-
141 AM CST SAT JAN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR LOWNDES
AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 141 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AFB AND KOLOLA SPRINGS BY 150 AM CST...
  STEENS BY 155 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 MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3342 8829 3331 8867 3357 8864 3369 8858
      3369 8849 3367 8848 3367 8847 3368 8841
      3370 8838 3348 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 247DEG 39KT 3354 8851

$$

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, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	59 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.