Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 172, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 10:21 PM CDT for Carroll County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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
- May 25, 2011, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carroll County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 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, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Black Hawk, MS | A FEW TREES DOWN. |
| May 25, 10:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Carrollton, MS | A FEW TREES WERE DOWN ON CR 316. |
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, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
865
WFUS54 KJAN 260321
TORJAN
MSC015-260345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0172.110526T0321Z-110526T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1021 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEVEN PINES
MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COILA
AND VAIDEN
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 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3343 8978 3343 8971 3341 8971 3341 8964
3332 8964 3331 8969 3330 9000 3334 9016
3342 9017 3342 9014 3346 9013 3349 9003
3351 8979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 264DEG 60KT 3338 9010
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
989
WWUS54 KJAN 260339
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1039 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MSC015-260345-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0172.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
CARROLL MS-
1039 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CARROLL COUNTY...
AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAIDEN MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 8979 3343 8978 3343 8971 3341 8971
3341 8964 3332 8964 3331 8969 3330 9000
3350 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 267DEG 54KT 3339 8979
$$
BYB643
WWUS54 KJAN 260346
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1046 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MSC015-260355-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0172.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
CARROLL MS-
1046 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3351 8979 3343 8978 3343 8971 3341 8971
3341 8964 3332 8964 3331 8969 3330 9000
3350 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 267DEG 54KT 3338 8979
$$
BYBThe 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, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 28 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, 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.