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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2011, 1:51 PM CDT for Madison County, Rankin County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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 14, 2011, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 14, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
703 WFUS54 KJAN 141851 TORJAN MSC089-121-123-141930- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0029.110314T1851Z-110314T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 151 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GOSHEN SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PISGAH...LEESBURG AND FARMHAVEN 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3243 8972 3237 9002 3257 9007 3268 8973 TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 252DEG 33KT 3248 8997 $$ AEG
1 follow-up statement
731 WWUS54 KJAN 141903 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 203 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011 MSC089-141913- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110314T1930Z/ MADISON MS- 203 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3243 8972 3240 8990 3255 8989 3261 8973 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 252DEG 33KT 3252 8983 $$ MSC121-123-141930- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110314T1930Z/ RANKIN MS-SCOTT MS- 203 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCOTT AND NORTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTIES... AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PISGAH MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEESBURG 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3243 8972 3240 8990 3255 8989 3261 8973 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 252DEG 33KT 3252 8983 $$ AEG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Winston | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 26 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.