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Tornado Warning 190, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 2011, 9:50 PM CDT for Jasper County, Jones County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 4, 2011, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
213 WFUS54 KJAN 050250 TORJAN MSC061-067-129-050315- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0190.110905T0250Z-110905T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 950 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER... NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF STRINGER MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STRINGER BY 1010 PM CDT... 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3194 8941 3194 8919 3171 8920 3169 8930 TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 174DEG 23KT 3174 8926 $$ DHB
1 follow-up statement
310
WWUS54 KJAN 050306
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1006 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
MSC067-050316-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0190.000000T0000Z-110905T0315Z/
JONES MS-
1006 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3181 8923 3181 8934 3190 8939 3194 8941
3194 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 174DEG 23KT 3184 8927
$$
MSC061-129-050315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0190.000000T0000Z-110905T0315Z/
SMITH MS-JASPER MS-
1006 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES...
AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STRINGER MOVING NORTH AT 25 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8923 3181 8934 3190 8939 3194 8941
3194 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 174DEG 23KT 3184 8927
$$
DHBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 59 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.