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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

December 31, 2010Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 7:26 PM CST for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports 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
Dec 31, 2010, 7:26 PM CST (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2010, 8:30 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 31, 7:40 PM CSTHAIL 11 S Mccall Creek, MS
Dec 31, 8:09 PM CSTTORNADO 11 Wnw Loyd Star, MSTHIS TORNADO STARTED ALONG ELLZEY DR AND TOOK SOME SHINGLES OFF A HOUSE. A SMALL OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED ALONG TANPA TRAIL ALONG WITH SOME DOWNED TREES. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL DMG OCCURRED ALONG JACKSON LIBERTY RD. HERE A FRAMED HOUSE WAS PUSHED OFF ITS BLOCKS
Dec 31, 8:10 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Loyd Star, MSA HOME IN THE LOYD STAR COMMUNITY WAS PUSHED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. THE HOMES FOUNDATION WAS ON PILLARS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-01-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1298 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 329 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

952 
WFUS54 KJAN 010126
TORJAN
MSC037-085-010230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.110101T0126Z-110101T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 726 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BUDE...CENTER POINT...MCCALL CREEK...WEST LINCOLN...VAUGHN...
  CASEYVILLE AND LOYD STAR

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 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3136 9095 3162 9078 3162 9074 3167 9074
      3171 9072 3170 9041 3169 9041 3170 9029
      3168 9024 3162 9024 3143 9045 3135 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 220DEG 37KT 3136 9081

$$

COHEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Rankin, Scott60 min
Dec 31, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith66 min
Dec 31, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton58 min
Dec 31, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey56 min
Dec 31, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln55 min
Dec 31, 7:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba49 min
Dec 31, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington60 min
Dec 31, 8:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah40 min
Dec 31, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena33 min
Dec 31, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore50 min
Dec 31, 9:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo3 hr
Dec 31, 9:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Holmes and 9 more7 hr
Dec 31, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes69 min
Dec 31, 9:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Humphreys, Montgomery3 hr
Dec 31, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo40 min
Dec 31, 10:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Montgomery59 min
Dec 31, 10:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes42 min
Dec 31, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster60 min
Dec 31, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo42 min
Dec 31, 10:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster54 min
Dec 31, 10:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWebster3 hr
Dec 31, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo61 min
Dec 31, 11:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Yazoo53 min
Dec 31, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Warren68 min
Dec 31, 11:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren, Yazoo4 hr
Dec 31, 11:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson55 min
Dec 31, 11:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes66 min
Dec 31, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo64 min
Dec 31, 11:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Holmes3 hr
Jan 1, 12:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith64 min
Jan 1, 12:16 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison59 min
Jan 1, 12:21 AM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Winston54 min
Jan 1, 12:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston59 min
Jan 1, 1:05 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha55 min
Jan 1, 1:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott64 min
Jan 1, 1:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith67 min
Jan 1, 1:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Simpson, Smith5 hr
Jan 1, 1:47 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston58 min
Jan 1, 1:50 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes25 min
Jan 1, 1:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott3 hr
Jan 1, 2:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston2 hr
Jan 1, 2:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee17 min
Jan 1, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton60 min
Jan 1, 2:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale3 hr
Jan 1, 2:56 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper64 min
Jan 1, 3:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee34 min
Jan 1, 3:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale79 min
Jan 1, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith50 min
Jan 1, 4:34 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith34 min
Jan 1, 4:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones3 hr
Jan 1, 9:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANClay23 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.