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Tornado Warning 158, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:02 PM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 5:42 PM CDT | TORNADO 4 | 1 Ese Raleigh, MS | *** 6 FATAL, 35 INJ *** TORNADO RATED EF4 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 175 MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 65 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 0.6 MILES...MOVING FROM 1 ESE RALEIGH IN SMITH COUNTY ACROSS JASPER AND CLARKE COUNTIES TO STATE LINE...MASSIVE TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG |
| Apr 27, 5:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Ese Raleigh, MS | TORNADO RATED EF4 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 175 MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 65 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 0.6 MILES...MOVING FROM 1 ESE RALEIGH IN SMITH COUNTY ACROSS JASPER AND CLARKE COUNTIES TO STATE LINE...MASSIVE TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG PATH...A WELL-BUILT FRA |
| Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Pineville, MS | TORNADO REPORTED WITH EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE...EMERGENCY CREWS HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING INTO THE AREA |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
727
WFUS54 KJAN 272202
TORJAN
MSC121-127-129-272300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0158.110427T2202Z-110427T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
502 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MENDENHALL...
NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
PINEY WOODS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CATO...MARTINVILLE...WHITE OAK...RALEIGH...BURNS AND PINEVILLE
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 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3199 8933 3186 9005 3207 9006 3223 8942
3222 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 254DEG 38KT 3197 8997
$$
GRG4 follow-up statements
592
WWUS54 KJAN 272217
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
517 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC121-127-129-272300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-110427T2300Z/
SMITH MS-RANKIN MS-SIMPSON MS-
517 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON...SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN AND NORTHERN SMITH
COUNTIES...
AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MENDENHALL MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARTINVILLE...PUCKETT...WHITE OAK...RALEIGH...BURNS...SYLVARENA AND
PINEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3199 8933 3189 8989 3199 8992 3212 8988
3223 8942 3222 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 257DEG 38KT 3199 8981
$$
GRG337
WWUS54 KJAN 272228
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
528 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC121-272238-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-110427T2300Z/
RANKIN MS-
528 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3199 8933 3191 8976 3206 8973 3216 8969
3223 8942 3222 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 257DEG 38KT 3201 8968
$$
MSC127-129-272300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-110427T2300Z/
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-
528 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND NORTHERN SMITH COUNTIES...
AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE OAK MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RALEIGH...BURNS...SYLVARENA AND PINEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3199 8933 3191 8976 3206 8973 3216 8969
3223 8942 3222 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 257DEG 38KT 3201 8968
$$
GRG793
WWUS54 KJAN 272233
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
533 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC127-272243-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-110427T2300Z/
SIMPSON MS-
533 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3199 8933 3193 8965 3201 8965 3205 8966
3216 8969 3223 8942 3222 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 257DEG 38KT 3206 8959
$$
MSC129-272300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-110427T2300Z/
SMITH MS-
533 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
SMITH COUNTY...
AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RALEIGH MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BURNS...SYLVARENA AND PINEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3199 8933 3193 8965 3201 8965 3205 8966
3216 8969 3223 8942 3222 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 257DEG 38KT 3206 8959
$$
GRG742
WWUS54 KJAN 272253
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
553 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC129-272300-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0158.000000T0000Z-110427T2300Z/
SMITH MS-
553 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY...
AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVARENA MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
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 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3199 8933 3197 8943 3213 8946 3223 8942
3222 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 257DEG 38KT 3207 8932
$$
GRGThe 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 |
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.