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Tornado Warning 206, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2011, 7:57 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 7 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
- Sep 25, 2011, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bolivar County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 8:04 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 6 Nw Cleveland, MS | HEAVILY DAMAGED FOUR TRAILER HOMES AND CAUSED MINOR TO MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO MANY OTHER BUILDINGS IN AND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CLEVELAND. HUNDREDS OF TREES AND MANY POWERLINES WERE DOWNED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY AND FAR WEST CENTRAL SUNFLOWER |
| Sep 25, 8:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Cleveland, MS | TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND ALONG TOWNSHIP ROAD JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND. |
| Sep 25, 8:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Cleveland, MS | 60-70 MPH ESTIMATED IN CLEVELAND. POWER REPORTED OUT. |
| Sep 25, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland, MS | NUMEROUS TREES ON HOUSES. |
| Sep 25, 8:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cleveland, MS | SIGN FROM A BURGER KING WAS BLOWN INTO HIGHWAY 61 BUT THE POLE STILL STANDS. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Sep 25, 8:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Cleveland, MS | SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE STANTON SUBDIVISION |
| Sep 25, 8:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | Cleveland, MS | HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE WALMART AND SEARS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF CLEVELAND. |
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 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
076
WFUS54 KJAN 260057
TORJAN
MSC011-260145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0206.110926T0057Z-110926T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
757 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...CLEVELAND...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
MOUND BAYOU MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RENOVA AND BOYLE
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3363 9066 3376 9102 3378 9099 3381 9101
3397 9092 3398 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 304DEG 36KT 3380 9085
$$
JA2 follow-up statements
446
WWUS54 KJAN 260104
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
804 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
MSC011-260145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0206.000000T0000Z-110926T0145Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
804 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BOLIVAR COUNTY...
AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PACE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MERIGOLD...RENOVA...CLEVELAND AND BOYLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3363 9066 3376 9102 3378 9099 3381 9101
3397 9092 3398 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 304DEG 36KT 3377 9080
$$343
WWUS54 KJAN 260118 RRA
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
818 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
MSC011-260145-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0206.000000T0000Z-110926T0145Z/
BOLIVAR MS-
818 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BOLIVAR COUNTY...
AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND OFF RULEVILLE ROAD AS OF
814PM NEAR CLEVELAND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN CLEVELAND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3363 9066 3376 9102 3378 9099 3381 9101
3397 9092 3398 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 304DEG 36KT 3370 9067
$$
JAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 21 min |
| Sep 25, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 57 min |
| Sep 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 60 min |
| Sep 25, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 64 min |
| Sep 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 61 min |
| Sep 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 54 min |
| Sep 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 115 min |
| Sep 25, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 64 min |
| Sep 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 60 min |
| Sep 25, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower | 47 min |
| Sep 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 24 min |
| Sep 25, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 54 min |
| Sep 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 38 min |
| Sep 25, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 19 min |
| Sep 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 77 min |
| Sep 25, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 119 min |
| Sep 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 35 min |
| Sep 26, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Sep 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 29 min |
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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.