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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 9:08 PM CST for Attala County, Choctaw County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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, 9:08 PM CST (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 9:38 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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, 9:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Kosciusko, MS | A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS ATTALA COUNTY. |
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, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
109 WFUS54 KJAN 250308 TORJAN MSC007-019-159-250400- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0024.110225T0308Z-110225T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 908 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO... SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE... * UNTIL 1000 PM CST * AT 908 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MCADAMS MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KOSCIUSKO BY 915 PM CST... SMYRNA BY 920 PM CST... ZAMA BY 925 PM CST... LOUISVILLE AND CENTER RIDGE BY 940 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3327 8899 3294 8901 3294 8984 3312 8978 TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 258DEG 66KT 3304 8972 $$ CME
2 follow-up statements
420 WWUS54 KJAN 250320 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 920 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 MSC007-019-159-250400- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110225T0400Z/ CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS- 920 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR WESTERN WINSTON...CENTRAL ATTALA AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 919 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCADAMS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SMYRNA AND ETHEL BY 925 PM CST... ZAMA BY 930 PM CST... MCCOOL BY 935 PM CST... CENTER RIDGE AND NOXAPATER BY 950 PM CST... LOUISVILLE BY 955 PM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3294 8974 3314 8962 3327 8899 3294 8901 TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 265DEG 47KT 3304 8958 $$ CME
751 WWUS54 KJAN 250338 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 938 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 MSC007-019-159-250347- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110225T0400Z/ CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS- 938 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN WINSTON...CENTRAL ATTALA AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE CIRCULATION THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS REMAIN POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3294 8974 3314 8962 3327 8899 3294 8901 TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 265DEG 47KT 3306 8930 $$ CME
The 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, 8:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 39 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, 9:42 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.