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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 5:39 PM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 4, 2011, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Braxton, MS | MULTIPLE HOUSES DAMAGED IN THE CITY OF BRAXTON. TREES DOWN ALL ACROSS THE CITY...WITH A FEW TREES DOWN ONTO HOUSES. |
| Apr 4, 5:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Puckett, MS | LOTS OF TREES DOWN IN PUCKETT AND CATO AREAS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
051
WFUS54 KJAN 042239
TORJAN
MSC121-127-129-042330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0037.110404T2239Z-110404T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
539 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STAR...
NORTHERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MENDENHALL...
NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PINEY WOODS
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CATO...JOHNS...MARTINVILLE...WHITE OAK...RALEIGH...BURNS AND
PINEVILLE
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8933 3195 9006 3209 9007 3223 8934
3222 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 258DEG 48KT 3203 8996
$$
DHB2 follow-up statements
697
WWUS54 KJAN 042250
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
550 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
MSC121-127-129-042330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110404T2330Z/
SMITH MS-RANKIN MS-SIMPSON MS-
550 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON...SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN AND NORTHERN SMITH
COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CATO MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARTINVILLE...PUCKETT...WHITE OAK...RALEIGH...BURNS...SYLVARENA AND
PINEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8933 3195 8991 3212 8991 3223 8934
3222 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 258DEG 43KT 3205 8983
$$
DHB697
WWUS54 KJAN 042304
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
604 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
MSC121-042314-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110404T2330Z/
RANKIN MS-
604 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3206 8933 3204 8969 3216 8971 3223 8934
3222 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 263DEG 41KT 3207 8963
$$
MSC127-129-042330-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110404T2330Z/
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-
604 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND NORTHERN SMITH COUNTIES...
AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE OAK MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BURNS
AND PINEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 8933 3204 8969 3216 8971 3223 8934
3222 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 263DEG 41KT 3207 8963
$$
DHBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 11 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower and 1 more | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 119 min |
| Apr 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 68 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.