Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 184, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 2011, 7:16 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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
- Sep 4, 2011, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Forrest County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:45 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 4 Nw Mclaurin, MS | PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO OFF OF HWY 49 NEAR CAMP SHELBY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655
WFUS54 KJAN 050016
TORJAN
MSC035-050115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0184.110905T0016Z-110905T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
716 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH
OF MAXIE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROOKLYN AND MCLAURIN
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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3090 8930 3123 8930 3123 8914 3101 8914
3100 8913 3091 8913 3090 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 183DEG 27KT 3085 8917
$$
MME2 follow-up statements
933
WWUS54 KJAN 050029
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
729 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
MSC035-050115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0184.000000T0000Z-110905T0115Z/
FORREST MS-
729 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FORREST COUNTY...
AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAXIE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROOKLYN AND MCLAURIN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 8913 3091 8914 3091 8925 3123 8930
3123 8914 3101 8914 3100 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 183DEG 27KT 3095 8916
$$
MME789
WWUS54 KJAN 050038
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
738 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
MSC035-050115-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0184.000000T0000Z-110905T0115Z/
FORREST MS-
738 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FORREST COUNTY...
AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKLYN MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MCLAURIN
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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8914 3100 8926 3123 8930 3123 8914
3101 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 177DEG 32KT 3106 8918
$$
MMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 37 min |
| Sep 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 54 min |
| Sep 4, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 49 min |
| Sep 4, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Jasper, Madison, Newton, Rankin and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 25 min |
| Sep 4, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 12:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Jasper, Leake, Madison, Neshoba and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 2:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery, Webster and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 2:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 3:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 3:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Winston | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 7 days |
| Sep 5, 4:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 22 min |
| Sep 5, 5:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 5:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Jasper, Leake and 9 more | 110 min |
| Sep 5, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Hinds, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Neshoba and 6 more | 114 min |
| Sep 5, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Neshoba, Newton and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 6 days |
| Sep 5, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 7 days |
| Sep 5, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 4 days |
| Sep 5, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 31 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 31 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin and 2 more | 118 min |
| Sep 5, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 8 days |
| Sep 5, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 10 days |
| Sep 5, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 days |
| Sep 5, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 30 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 23 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Smith | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 8 hr |
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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.