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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, MS

March 14, 2011Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2011, 2:01 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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: Mar 14, 2011, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2011, 2:32 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 14, 2:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sse Brandon, MS	NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED WITH HEIGHTS GETTING CLOSER TO THE GROUND TO THE NORTHWEST. PORTION OF A ROOF PEELED OFF TO A SMALL SHED LYING 75 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SHED.
Mar 14, 2:06 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	5 Sse Brandon, MS	THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO BARNS ALONG THE 1.6 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN IN THE ROBINHOOD SUBDIVISION AND TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 18 AND MOHR ROAD. MAX WIN

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
Mar 14, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

800 
WFUS54 KJAN 141901
TORJAN
MSC121-141945-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0030.110314T1901Z-110314T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
201 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PELAHATCHIE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3214 9005 3224 9009 3237 8973 3222 8972
      3218 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 256DEG 36KT 3221 9001

$$

19

3 follow-up statements

521 
WWUS54 KJAN 141913
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
213 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

MSC121-141945-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110314T1945Z/
RANKIN MS-
213 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY...

AT 214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PELAHATCHIE MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3220 8974 3219 8974 3218 8977 3219 8990
      3226 8993 3237 8973 3229 8973 3228 8972
      3222 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 256DEG 38KT 3224 8985

$$

19

923 
WWUS54 KJAN 141925
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

MSC121-141945-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110314T1945Z/
RANKIN MS-
225 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY...

AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

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 3220 8974 3220 8975 3218 8978 3220 8982
      3228 8984 3237 8973 3229 8973 3228 8972
      3222 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 260DEG 42KT 3227 8973

$$

19

455 
WWUS54 KJAN 141932
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
232 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

MSC121-141943-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110314T1945Z/
RANKIN MS-
232 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3220 8974 3220 8975 3218 8978 3220 8982
      3228 8984 3237 8973 3229 8973 3228 8972
      3222 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 260DEG 42KT 3228 8963

$$

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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, 1:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin, Scott	39 min
Mar 14, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Winston	48 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

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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.