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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 3:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 27, 2011, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Webster County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 3:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Vaiden, MS | 10 HOMES DAMAGED...TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...NO INJURIES |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ssw Kilmichael, MS | HEAVY TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE REPORTED NEAR POPLAR CREEK...KILMICHAEL AREAS...LIKELY TORNADO BASED ON RADAR...REPORTED VIA NWS JAN FACEBOOK PAGE |
| Apr 27, 3:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 Nw Maben, MS |
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 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 786 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 21.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
464
WFUS54 KJAN 272006
TORJAN
MSC015-019-097-155-272100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0147.110427T2006Z-110427T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
306 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VAIDEN
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
POPLAR CREEK AND KILMICHAEL BY 315 PM CDT...
LODI BY 325 PM CDT...
EUPORA BY 335 PM CDT...
SHERWOOD AND BELLEFONTAINE BY 340 PM CDT...
MATHISTON...CLARKSON AND MABEN BY 345 PM CDT...
CUMBERLAND BY 350 PM CDT...
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 HAIL
AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3374 8902 3357 8901 3357 8908 3346 8908
3329 8953 3329 8969 3323 8975 3323 8978
3336 8986 3373 8924 3373 8919 3375 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 241DEG 51KT 3333 8971
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
606
WWUS54 KJAN 272017 RRB
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
317 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC015-272027-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-110427T2100Z/
CARROLL MS-
317 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3374 8903 3357 8901 3357 8908 3346 8908
3338 8930 3332 8964 3341 8964 3341 8971
3358 8950 3373 8925 3373 8919 3375 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 241DEG 51KT 3340 8954
$$
MSC019-097-155-272100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-110427T2100Z/
WEBSTER MS-MONTGOMERY MS-CHOCTAW MS-
317 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CHOCTAW...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...
AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POPLAR CREEK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LODI BY 325 PM CDT...
EUPORA AND BELLEFONTAINE BY 335 PM CDT...
WALTHALL AND SHERWOOD BY 340 PM CDT...
CLARKSON...MATHISTON AND MABEN BY 345 PM CDT...
CUMBERLAND BY 350 PM CDT...
MANTEE BY 355 PM CDT...
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 GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3374 8903 3357 8901 3357 8908 3346 8908
3338 8930 3332 8964 3341 8964 3341 8971
3358 8950 3373 8925 3373 8919 3375 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 241DEG 51KT 3340 8954
$$
BYB328
WWUS54 KJAN 272032
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
332 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC097-272042-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-110427T2100Z/
MONTGOMERY MS-
332 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3357 8901 3357 8908 3346 8908 3338 8930
3335 8945 3344 8945 3344 8941 3346 8938
3347 8951 3364 8939 3373 8925 3373 8919
3375 8918 3374 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 241DEG 51KT 3350 8931
$$
MSC019-155-272100-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-110427T2100Z/
WEBSTER MS-CHOCTAW MS-
332 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CHOCTAW AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...
AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUPORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WALTHALL AND SHERWOOD BY 340 PM CDT...
MATHISTON...MABEN AND CLARKSON BY 345 PM CDT...
CUMBERLAND BY 350 PM CDT...
MANTEE BY 355 PM CDT...
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
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3357 8901 3357 8908 3346 8908 3338 8930
3335 8945 3344 8945 3344 8941 3346 8938
3347 8951 3364 8939 3373 8925 3373 8919
3375 8918 3374 8904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 241DEG 51KT 3350 8931
$$
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, 2:20 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 |
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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.