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Tornado Warning 159, NWS Jackson, MS

April 27, 2011Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:23 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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, 5:44 PM CDT	TORNADO	Suqualena, MS	BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS A TORNADO MOVED NEAR SUQUALENA
Apr 27, 5:45 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	8 Nw Meridian, MS	TORNADO RATED EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 12 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 100 YDS...MOVING FROM 7.5 MILES NW OF MERIDIAN TO 9 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN...SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED...MINOR ROOF DAMAGE...PART OF A LARGE OAK TREE ON A MOBILE HOME
Apr 27, 6:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Meridian, MS	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS VIDEO OF LARGE TORNADO IN 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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

976 
WFUS54 KJAN 272223
TORJAN
MSC075-272315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0159.110427T2223Z-110427T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
523 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION...
  MERIDIAN...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
  SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 12
  MILES WEST OF MEEHAN MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MEEHAN BY 535 PM CDT...
  NELLIEBURG...SUQUALENA AND COLLINSVILLE BY 545 PM CDT...
  MERIDIAN BY 550 PM CDT...
  MARION AND DALEVILLE BY 600 PM CDT...
  MERIDIAN STATION BY 605 PM CDT...
  LAUDERDALE AND TOOMSUBA BY 610 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8841 3227 8891 3251 8891 3258 8869
      3258 8839 3257 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 253DEG 33KT 3234 8903

$$

DHB

4 follow-up statements

715 
WWUS54 KJAN 272234
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
534 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC075-272315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
534 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
LAUDERDALE COUNTY...

AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MEEHAN MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUQUALENA AND COLLINSVILLE BY 540 PM CDT...
  NELLIEBURG BY 545 PM CDT...
  MERIDIAN BY 550 PM CDT...
  MARION BY 555 PM CDT...
  MERIDIAN STATION AND DALEVILLE BY 600 PM CDT...
  TOOMSUBA AND ALAMUCHA BY 605 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8841 3227 8891 3251 8891 3258 8869
      3258 8839 3257 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 249DEG 36KT 3239 8890

$$

DHB

232 
WWUS54 KJAN 272248
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
548 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC075-272315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
548 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
LAUDERDALE COUNTY...

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MEEHAN MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NELLIEBURG...SUQUALENA AND COLLINSVILLE BY 555 PM CDT...
  MERIDIAN BY 600 PM CDT...
  MARION BY 605 PM CDT...
  MERIDIAN STATION AND DALEVILLE BY 610 PM CDT...
  LAUDERDALE...TOOMSUBA AND KEWANEE BY 615 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8841 3227 8891 3251 8891 3258 8869
      3258 8839 3257 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 250DEG 42KT 3237 8890

$$

DHB

739 
WWUS54 KJAN 272259
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
559 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC075-272315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
559 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
LAUDERDALE COUNTY...

AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NELLIEBURG MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION BY 605 PM CDT...
  MERIDIAN STATION AND DALEVILLE BY 610 PM CDT...
  TOOMSUBA...LAUDERDALE...KEWANEE AND ALAMUCHA BY 615 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8841 3227 8891 3251 8891 3258 8869
      3258 8839 3257 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 252DEG 43KT 3241 8875

$$

DHB

881 
WWUS54 KJAN 272301
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
601 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MSC075-272315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0159.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-
601 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
LAUDERDALE COUNTY...

AT 602 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NELLIEBURG MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MERIDIAN STATION AND DALEVILLE BY 610 PM CDT...
  TOOMSUBA...LAUDERDALE...KEWANEE AND ALAMUCHA BY 615 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3236 8841 3227 8891 3251 8891 3258 8869
      3258 8839 3257 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 252DEG 43KT 3242 8871

$$

DHB

The 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 Emergency	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 Emergency	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.