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Tornado Warning 198, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 3:02 AM CDT for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Neshoba County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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 115 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.
782
WFUS54 KJAN 050802
TORJAN
MSC099-050845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0198.110905T0802Z-110905T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
302 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...
* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
* AT 303 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
PHILADELPHIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BURNSIDE AND STALLO
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 3263 8907 3270 8927 3293 8920 3293 8902
3293 8901 3292 8896 3292 8893 3293 8893
3292 8892 3289 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0803Z 203DEG 24KT 3275 8913
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
475
WWUS54 KJAN 050819
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
319 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
MSC099-050845-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0198.000000T0000Z-110905T0845Z/
NESHOBA MS-
319 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
NESHOBA COUNTY...
AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PHILADELPHIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BURNSIDE AND STALLO
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3263 8907 3264 8910 3286 8922 3293 8920
3293 8902 3292 8893 3293 8893 3292 8892
3289 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 209DEG 25KT 3281 8910
$$
BYB808
WWUS54 KJAN 050842
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
342 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
MSC099-050852-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0198.000000T0000Z-110905T0845Z/
NESHOBA MS-
342 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN NESHOBA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345
AM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3263 8907 3264 8910 3286 8922 3293 8920
3293 8902 3292 8893 3293 8893 3292 8892
3289 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 209DEG 25KT 3295 8901
$$
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, 2:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 47 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.