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Tornado Warning 224, NWS Jackson, MS

November 22, 2011Rankin County, Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 2011, 11:37 AM CST for Rankin County, Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 22, 2011, 11:37 AM CST (17:37 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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
Nov 22, 11:38 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Brandon, MS	TREES DOWN ON LOUIS WILSON RD AND HIGHWAY 18 AND ALSO ONE POWER POLE.
Nov 22, 11:40 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Brandon, MS	TREES...LARGE LIMBS...AND POWER LINES DOWNED ALONG A GENERAL PATH FROM THE CLEARY COMMUNITY...THROUGH WHITFIELD...AND TO THE EAST SIDE OF BRANDON ALONG ANDREW CHAPEL RD.
Nov 22, 11:50 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ese Fannin, MS	TREES DOWNED ALONG BOWMAN CIRCLE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 18 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: 559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

282 
WFUS54 KJAN 221737
TORJAN
MSC121-123-129-221800-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0224.111122T1737Z-111122T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1137 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PEARL...FLOWOOD...BRANDON...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 1137 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PEARL
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PELAHATCHIE AND BRANCH

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 8966 3216 9011 3233 9015 3235 9011
      3245 8969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 258DEG 35KT 3227 9002

$$

JA

1 follow-up statement

477 
WWUS54 KJAN 221744
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1144 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011

MSC121-123-129-221800-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0224.000000T0000Z-111122T1800Z/
SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-
1144 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR CENTRAL
RANKIN...SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SMITH
COUNTIES...

AT 1145 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANDON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PELAHATCHIE AND BRANCH

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 8966 3217 9000 3234 9007 3236 9006
      3245 8969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 258DEG 35KT 3228 8993

$$

JA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 21, 7:18 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Lamar and 2 more	9 hr
Nov 22, 8:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	28 min
Nov 22, 9:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	30 min
Nov 22, 10:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	32 min
Nov 22, 10:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	29 min
Nov 22, 10:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	28 min
Nov 22, 10:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson	28 min
Nov 22, 10:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Rankin, Simpson	50 min
Nov 22, 11:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson	49 min
Nov 22, 11:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	29 min
Nov 22, 11:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	29 min
Nov 22, 11:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	66 min
Nov 22, 11:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln, Simpson	39 min
Nov 22, 12:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton, Winston	45 min
Nov 22, 12:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Marion	33 min
Nov 22, 12:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	29 min
Nov 22, 1:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee, Winston	57 min
Nov 22, 1:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	31 min
Nov 22, 1:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	28 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.