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Tornado Warning 218, NWS Jackson, MS

November 16, 2011Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 4:38 AM CST for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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: Nov 16, 2011, 4:38 AM CST (10:38 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2011, 5:13 AM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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
Nov 16, 2:20 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

478 
WFUS54 KJAN 161038
TORJAN
MSC129-161130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0218.111116T1038Z-111116T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
438 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 438 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3203 8932 3183 8931 3179 8938 3178 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 235DEG 28KT 3177 8952

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

917 
WWUS54 KJAN 161113
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
513 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

MSC129-161124-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0218.000000T0000Z-111116T1130Z/
SMITH MS-
513 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3203 8932 3183 8931 3179 8938 3178 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 235DEG 28KT 3193 8925

$$

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, 3:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	24 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, 4:55 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.