Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 167, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 8:29 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
- May 25, 2011, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 8:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Drew, MS | A TREE FELL ON A CARPORT ON NORTH CHURCH STREET. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
797
WFUS54 KJAN 260129
TORJAN
MSC011-133-260215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0167.110526T0129Z-110526T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
829 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBY...
NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PARCHMAN...DREW...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOUND BAYOU MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RENOVA AND ROME
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 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3404 9065 3400 9065 3398 9044 3382 9044
3381 9046 3373 9046 3379 9092 3396 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 269DEG 58KT 3384 9075
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
456
WWUS54 KJAN 260148
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
848 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MSC011-133-260215-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-110526T0215Z/
BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
848 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER AND EAST CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTIES...
AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARCHMAN MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3398 9045 3396 9044 3383 9044 3382 9044
3381 9046 3373 9046 3378 9081 3400 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 260DEG 56KT 3389 9041
$$
BYB112
WWUS54 KJAN 260157
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
857 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MSC011-133-260208-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-110526T0215Z/
BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
857 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER AND EAST CENTRAL
BOLIVAR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3398 9045 3396 9044 3383 9044 3382 9044
3381 9046 3373 9046 3378 9081 3400 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 269DEG 58KT 3384 9019
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 54 min |
| May 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 61 min |
| May 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 52 min |
| May 25, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 61 min |
| May 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 60 min |
| May 25, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 51 min |
| May 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 32 min |
| May 25, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 53 min |
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 60 min |
| May 25, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower | 54 min |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 21 min |
| May 25, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 23 min |
| May 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 22 min |
| May 25, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 79 min |
| May 25, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster | 66 min |
| May 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 42 min |
| May 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 24 min |
| May 25, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 59 min |
| May 26, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 26, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Oktibbeha | 18 min |
| May 26, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 29 min |
| May 26, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 31 min |
| May 26, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| May 26, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 29 min |
| May 26, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| May 26, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 60 min |
| May 26, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| May 26, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 32 min |
| May 26, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 32 min |
| May 26, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 28 min |
| May 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 60 min |
| May 26, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 47 min |
| May 26, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 46 min |
| May 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 min |
| May 26, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 51 min |
| May 26, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 59 min |
| May 26, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 28 min |
| May 26, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 45 min |
| May 26, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 61 min |
| May 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 44 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 43 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 29 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.