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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 8:06 PM CST for Holmes County, Humphreys County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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, 8:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, MS | TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...INCLUDING ONE TREE BLOCKING HIGHWAY 17 N |
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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
938
WFUS54 KJAN 250206
TORJAN
MSC051-053-163-250245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0023.110225T0206Z-110225T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
806 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THORNTON...
SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 806 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
MIDNIGHT MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
THORNTON BY 825 PM CST...
COXBURG...TOLARVILLE...HOWARD AND TCHULA BY 830 PM CST...
BROZVILLE AND EBENEZER BY 835 PM CST...
FRANKLIN...MCMILLAN AND LEXINGTON BY 840 PM 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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 8990 3291 8995 3289 9020 3292 9065
3304 9065 3310 9064 3313 9068 3314 9068
3319 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 269DEG 62KT 3302 9070
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
789
WWUS54 KJAN 250233
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
833 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
MSC053-250241-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110225T0245Z/
HUMPHREYS MS-
833 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3291 9041 3319 9029 3321 8990 3291 8995
3289 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 273DEG 49KT 3306 9032
$$
MSC051-163-250245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110225T0245Z/
HOLMES MS-YAZOO MS-
833 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN YAZOO AND SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTIES...
AT 831 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THORNTON MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BROZVILLE...COXBURG AND HOWARD BY 840 PM CST...
EBENEZER...FRANKLIN AND LEXINGTON BY 845 PM 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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY DAMAGE
FROM THIS STORM AROUND BELZONI.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3291 9041 3319 9029 3321 8990 3291 8995
3289 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 273DEG 49KT 3306 9032
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower and 1 more | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 7:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Yazoo | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster and 1 more | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 75 min |
| Feb 24, 9:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 75 min |
| Feb 24, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 10:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 11:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 43 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.