Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2011, 4:59 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 16 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
- Mar 9, 2011, 4:59 AM CST (10:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2:39 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 542 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 664 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896
WFUS54 KJAN 091059
TORJAN
MSC067-091115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0028.110309T1059Z-110309T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
459 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 515 AM CST
* AT 459 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TUCKERS CROSSING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL
CREEK
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 8900 3160 8911 3162 8912 3169 8900
3173 8895 3173 8893 3154 8893 3154 8892
3151 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 236DEG 44KT 3160 8897
$$
BK1 follow-up statement
356
WWUS54 KJAN 091112
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
512 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
MSC067-091123-
/O.EXP.KJAN.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110309T1115Z/
JONES MS-
512 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JONES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3147 8900 3160 8911 3162 8912 3169 8900
3173 8895 3173 8893 3154 8893 3154 8892
3151 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1113Z 236DEG 44KT 3170 8880
$$
BKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 118 min |
| Mar 8, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 6:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 102 min |
| Mar 8, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 20 min |
| Mar 8, 7:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 84 min |
| Mar 8, 7:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 9 days |
| Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 37 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 8 days |
| Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 6 days |
| Mar 8, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 8:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:34 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 6 days |
| Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Smith | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:18 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 48 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:23 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 48 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 10 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 19 min |
| Mar 8, 10:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 118 min |
| Mar 8, 10:45 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 11:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Smith | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 73 min |
| Mar 8, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 12:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 23 min |
| Mar 9, 12:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 12:41 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Covington | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 1:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 1:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 2:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 2:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott, Smith | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:59 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 62 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest | 52 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 5:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln | 117 min |
| Mar 9, 5:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:47 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 3 days |
| Mar 9, 6:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 10 days |
| Mar 9, 6:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 9 days |
| Mar 9, 7:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 10 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 6 days |
| Mar 9, 11:21 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 69 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 9 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 70 hr |
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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.