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Tornado Warning 210, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2011, 9:19 PM CDT for Leflore County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2011, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2011, 9:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
284
WFUS54 KJAN 260219
TORJAN
MSC083-133-260315-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0210.110926T0219Z-110926T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
919 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ITTA BENA...GREENWOOD...
CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLAINE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SUNFLOWER...SUNNYSIDE AND MONEY
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 3368 9013 3365 9010 3346 9010 3345 9014
3351 9071 3362 9069 3362 9066 3370 9066
3372 9030 3370 9030 3370 9027 3372 9026
3372 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 277DEG 37KT 3359 9055
$$
JA2 follow-up statements
486
WWUS54 KJAN 260240
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
940 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
MSC133-260250-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110926T0315Z/
SUNFLOWER MS-
940 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SUNFLOWER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3368 9013 3365 9010 3346 9010 3345 9014
3348 9045 3371 9045 3372 9031 3370 9030
3370 9027 3372 9026 3372 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 277DEG 37KT 3356 9030
$$
MSC083-260315-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110926T0315Z/
LEFLORE MS-
940 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LEFLORE COUNTY...
AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ITTA BENA MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONEY
AND GREENWOOD
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 PING
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3368 9013 3365 9010 3346 9010 3345 9014
3348 9045 3371 9045 3372 9031 3370 9030
3370 9027 3372 9026 3372 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 277DEG 37KT 3356 9030
$$
BK601
WWUS54 KJAN 260243
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
943 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
MSC083-260254-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0210.000000T0000Z-110926T0315Z/
LEFLORE MS-
943 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3368 9013 3365 9010 3346 9010 3345 9014
3348 9045 3371 9045 3372 9031 3370 9030
3370 9027 3372 9026 3372 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 277DEG 37KT 3355 9025
$$
BKThe 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, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 48 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, 9:36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.