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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 7:06 PM CST for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 24, 2011, 7:06 PM CST (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:12 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Wilmot, AR | 3 TREES DOWN...CARS BLOWN OFF ROADS AND POWER OUTAGES IN WILMOT. POWER OUTAGES ALSO IN PORTLAND. |
| Feb 24, 7:20 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 65 | Chicot Junction, AR | WIND GUSTS OF 60-70 MPH |
| Feb 24, 7:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Eudora, AR | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN THE CITY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
801
WFUS54 KJAN 250106
TORJAN
ARC003-017-LAC067-250130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0021.110225T0106Z-110225T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
706 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILMOT...
SOUTHERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUDORA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 706 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BERLIN
MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JONES...PARKDALE AND CHICOT JUNCTION
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 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3312 9186 3328 9113 3325 9110 3329 9107
3324 9105 3322 9109 3315 9109 3313 9111
3314 9120 3312 9120 3307 9112 3305 9112
3302 9117 3302 9142 3299 9144 3293 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 259DEG 60KT 3304 9171
$$
BYB1 follow-up statement
770
WWUS54 KJAN 250120
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
720 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
ARC003-017-LAC067-250130-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110225T0130Z/
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-MOREHOUSE LA-
720 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CHICOT AND SOUTHEASTERN ASHLEY COUNTIES...AND NORTHEASTERN MOREHOUSE
PARISH...
AT 720 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMOT MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHICOT
JUNCTION AND EUDORA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3317 9160 3328 9113 3325 9110 3328 9108
3327 9107 3324 9105 3322 9109 3314 9110
3314 9120 3312 9120 3307 9112 3305 9112
3302 9117 3302 9142 3299 9144 3296 9166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 260DEG 57KT 3307 9147
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 78 min |
| Feb 24, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 7:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 63 min |
Nearby
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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.