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Tornado Warning 162, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 6:22 PM CDT for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | Enterprise, MS | HOUSES WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN ENTERPRISE. |
| Apr 27, 6:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Wsw Sable, MS | TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS HWY 514 AND COUNTY ROAD 350...PUBLIC REPORTS A LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
| Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Wnw Middleton, MS | HAM RADIO SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LARGE TORNADO CROSSING US HIGHWAY 45 AT STATE HIGHWAY 514 |
| Apr 27, 7:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Snell, MS | *** 4 FATAL, 12 INJ *** MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED AND 4 CONFIRMED FATALITIES AND AND 10 TO 12 SERIOUS INJURIES IN THE SNELL COMMUNITY DUE TO A LIKELY TORNADO...REPORTED BY CLARKE SO |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
983 WFUS54 KJAN 272322 TORJAN MSC023-075-280015- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0162.110427T2322Z-110428T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 622 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF STONEWALL MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAVOY...SABLE...ZERO...MIDDLETON...SYKES...INCREASE AND SNELL 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. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! && LAT...LON 3207 8845 3204 8891 3228 8891 3237 8842 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 262DEG 40KT 3213 8899 $$ GRG
4 follow-up statements
852 WWUS54 KJAN 272337 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 637 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 MSC023-075-280015- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110428T0015Z/ CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS- 637 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES... ...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA... AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STONEWALL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAVOY...SABLE...ZERO...MIDDLETON...SYKES...INCREASE...SNELL AND ALAMUCHA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3207 8845 3204 8891 3228 8891 3237 8842 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 259DEG 36KT 3217 8881 $$ GRG
865
WWUS54 KJAN 272347
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
647 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
MSC023-075-280015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110428T0015Z/
CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS-
647 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...
...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA...
AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SABLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZERO...
MIDDLETON...SYKES...INCREASE...SNELL AND ALAMUCHA
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.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8880 3222 8878 3231 8867 3237 8842
3207 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 265DEG 36KT 3217 8869
$$
GRG946 WWUS54 KJAN 272358 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 658 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 MSC023-075-280015- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110428T0015Z/ CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS- 658 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES... ...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA... AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLETON MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO INCREASE AND SNELL PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3213 8871 3230 8864 3237 8842 3209 8845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 259DEG 37KT 3220 8856 $$ GRG
604 WWUS54 KJAN 280007 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 707 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 MSC023-075-280015- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0162.000000T0000Z-110428T0015Z/ CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS- 707 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES... ...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA... AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SNELL MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. 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. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3214 8856 3227 8854 3234 8843 3215 8845 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 259DEG 37KT 3221 8847 $$ GRG
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 | 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.