Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 197, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 2:58 AM CDT for Newton County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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 5, 2011, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Newton County, MS, Scott County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
602
WFUS54 KJAN 050758
TORJAN
MSC101-123-050845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0197.110905T0758Z-110905T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
258 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PROSPECT...
* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
* AT 258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROBERTS
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAWRENCE AND CONEHATTA
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
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3223 8920 3222 8921 3222 8942 3227 8943
3257 8941 3258 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 184DEG 35KT 3230 8930
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
111
WWUS54 KJAN 050817
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
317 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
MSC101-123-050845-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0197.000000T0000Z-110905T0845Z/
SCOTT MS-NEWTON MS-
317 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
NEWTON AND EASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...
AT 317 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CONEHATTA MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PROSPECT AND SEBASTOPOL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3223 8920 3222 8921 3223 8942 3227 8943
3257 8941 3258 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 184DEG 25KT 3240 8926
$$
BYB490
WWUS54 KJAN 050843
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
343 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
MSC101-123-050853-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0197.000000T0000Z-110905T0845Z/
SCOTT MS-NEWTON MS-
343 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN NEWTON AND EASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3223 8920 3222 8921 3223 8942 3227 8943
3257 8941 3258 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 184DEG 25KT 3258 8924
$$
BYBThe 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, 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, 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.