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Tornado Warning 215, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 3:51 AM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi. 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
- Nov 16, 2011, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2011, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 4:11 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 8 N Columbia, MS | EF-1 WITH MAX EST WINDS OF 100 MPH. PATH LENGTH 11 MILES AND MAX WIDTH 0.25 MILES. SUBSTANTIAL TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH AND SEVERAL HOMES AND BUILDINGS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. |
| Nov 16, 4:13 AM CST | TORNADO | Bunker Hill, MS | LIKELY TORNADO...TREES DOWN ON HOUSES REPORTED BY MARION SO...NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME |
| Nov 16, 4:21 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 S Bassfield, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON S. WILLIAMSBURG, GATES, AND MCNEESE RDS. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN BASSFIELD AND MELBA. MINOR DAMAGE TO A CHICKEN HOUSE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979
WFUS54 KJAN 160951 RRA
TORJAN
MSC065-077-091-161015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0215.111116T0951Z-111116T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
351 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO...
* UNTIL 415 AM CST
* AT 351 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOLLY
SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MORGANTOWN...GOSS...SOCIETY HILL...BUNKER HILL AND IMPROVE
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 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 9004 3135 9006 3153 8980 3136 8965
3118 9003 3119 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 227DEG 37KT 3129 9001
$$1 follow-up statement
242 WWUS54 KJAN 160958 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 358 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011 MSC065-077-091-161015- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0215.000000T0000Z-111116T1015Z/ MARION MS-LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS- 358 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES... AT 358 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS LIKELY TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SOCIETY HILL BY 405 AM CST... BUNKER HILL BY 410 AM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3124 9000 3135 9006 3153 8980 3137 8966 TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 230DEG 37KT 3134 8994 $$ BYB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 1:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee | 61 min |
| Nov 16, 2:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 2:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 66 min |
| Nov 16, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Marion | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 3:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Nov 16, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 3:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 4:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 4:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 4:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 4:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 5:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 5:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 20 min |
| Nov 16, 5:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 6:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 5:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 46 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.