Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 194, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 12:59 AM CDT for Leake County, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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 5, 2011, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 1:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dixon, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. |
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, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
295
WFUS54 KJAN 050559
TORJAN
MSC079-099-050700-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0194.110905T0559Z-110905T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1259 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EDINBURG...
WESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 1259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
MADDEN MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DIXON...DOWDVILLE...PEARL RIVER AND RENFROE
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 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3258 8923 3257 8926 3258 8946 3293 8951
3293 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 182DEG 16KT 3259 8934
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
364
WWUS54 KJAN 050623
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
123 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
MSC079-099-050700-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0194.000000T0000Z-110905T0700Z/
NESHOBA MS-LEAKE MS-
123 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
LEAKE AND WESTERN NESHOBA COUNTIES...
AT 122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWDVILLE MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MADDEN...PEARL RIVER AND EDINBURG.
IN ADDITION...METEOROLOGISTS WERE ALSO TRACKING ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT THAT TIME AROUND 5 MILES WEST OF
MADDEN...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3258 8923 3257 8936 3258 8941 3293 8946
3293 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 185DEG 18KT 3263 8923
$$
BYB168 WWUS54 KJAN 050630 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 130 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 MSC079-050640- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0194.000000T0000Z-110905T0700Z/ LEAKE MS- 130 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LEAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED STORM WE WERE TRACKING IN LEAKE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3264 8930 3290 8930 3290 8918 3263 8922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 185DEG 18KT 3267 8923 $$ MSC099-050700- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0194.000000T0000Z-110905T0700Z/ NESHOBA MS- 130 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR WESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY... AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXON MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEARL RIVER PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. && LAT...LON 3264 8930 3290 8930 3290 8918 3263 8922 TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 185DEG 18KT 3267 8923 $$ BYB
The 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, 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, 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.