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Tornado Warning 131, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 2:20 AM CDT for Attala County, Choctaw County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 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 27, 2:25 AM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Zama, MS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 19 IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN A CONVERGENT PATTERN AND A MOBILE HOME WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. PROBABLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 27, 2:29 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 11 Wsw Louisville, MS | THIS TORNADO REMAINED OVER RURAL AREAS AND UPROOTED/SNAPPED MANY TREES ALONG THE 4 MILE PATH. ONE TREE DID FALL ON A HOUSE AND THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A SHED. PATH WIDTH WAS 150 YDS...MAX WINDS 95 MPH. |
| Apr 27, 2:47 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Ne Louisville, MS | THIS TORNADO SNAPPED/UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG ITS PATH. ONE TREE WAS ON A HOUSE WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. AT LEAST TWO OUTBUILDINGS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AS WELL. PATH LENGTH 8 MI...WIDTH 200 YDS...MAX WINDS 110 MPH. |
| Apr 27, 2:54 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Betheden, MS | MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
657
WFUS54 KJAN 270720
TORJAN
MSC007-019-159-270800-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0131.110427T0720Z-110427T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
220 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ZAMA MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CENTER RIDGE...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 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3293 8939 3294 8943 3311 8953 3330 8908
3329 8908 3329 8881 3315 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 243DEG 48KT 3304 8937
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
092
WWUS54 KJAN 270735
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
235 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC007-270745-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110427T0800Z/
ATTALA MS-
235 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3315 8881 3296 8931 3299 8932 3320 8931
3330 8909 3329 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 243DEG 48KT 3313 8915
$$
MSC019-159-270800-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110427T0800Z/
CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
235 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER
RIDGE...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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3315 8881 3296 8931 3299 8932 3320 8931
3330 8909 3329 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 243DEG 48KT 3313 8915
$$
BYB925
WWUS54 KJAN 270748
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
248 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC019-159-270800-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110427T0800Z/
CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
248 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WINSTON AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUISVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLCREEK AND BETHEDEN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3315 8881 3300 8921 3312 8921 3320 8921
3321 8912 3321 8911 3329 8910 3329 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 240DEG 44KT 3320 8903
$$
BYBThe 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, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 47 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, 2:27 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 |
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.