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Tornado Warning 165, NWS Jackson, MS

May 25, 2011Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2011, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

424 
WFUS54 KJAN 260014
TORJAN
MSC011-260115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0165.110526T0014Z-110526T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
714 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DEESON MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DUNCAN AND ALLIGATOR.

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 
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3412 9065 3403 9065 3400 9099 3404 9095
      3404 9089 3405 9088 3409 9088 3410 9092
      3413 9094 3413 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 258DEG 41KT 3410 9090

$$

BYB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar54 min
May 25, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower52 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington61 min
May 25, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower28 min
May 25, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower60 min
May 25, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington51 min
May 25, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower32 min
May 25, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada53 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington60 min
May 25, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower54 min
May 25, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington21 min
May 25, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower23 min
May 25, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington22 min
May 25, 10:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada79 min
May 25, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster66 min
May 25, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower42 min
May 25, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll24 min
May 25, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha59 min
May 26, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Montgomery43 min
May 26, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha18 min
May 26, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes, Oktibbeha29 min
May 26, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore31 min
May 26, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes34 min
May 26, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes31 min
May 26, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada29 min
May 26, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar41 min
May 26, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar60 min
May 26, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones45 min
May 26, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar32 min
May 26, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson, Smith32 min
May 26, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones28 min
May 26, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar60 min
May 26, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion47 min
May 26, 1:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar46 min
May 26, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke40 min
May 26, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale51 min
May 26, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones59 min
May 26, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar28 min
May 26, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke45 min
May 26, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar, Marion61 min
May 26, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper28 min
May 26, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar44 min
May 26, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar44 min
May 26, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest43 min
May 26, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.