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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS

December 31, 2010Holmes County, Humphreys County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 11:07 PM CST for Holmes County, Humphreys County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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: Dec 31, 2010, 11:07 PM CST (05:07 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 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
Dec 31, 11:20 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 50	5 Ne Yazoo City, MS	TREE REPORTED DOWNED ON REBECCA ROAD.
Dec 31, 11:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Goodman, MS	STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT SNAPPED OR UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES NEAR MS HIGHWAY 17 AND MS HIGHWAY 14 WEST OF GOODMAN. A HIGHWAY SIGN WAS SNAPPED AT THE GOODMAN EXIT ALONG INTERSTATE 55.

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
Dec 31, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

858 
WFUS54 KJAN 010507
TORJAN
MSC051-053-163-010600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0006.110101T0507Z-110101T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1107 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THORNTON...
  SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 1107 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF TINSLEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BENTON...MIDWAY...COXBURG...TOLARVILLE...EBENEZER...PICKENS...
  BROZVILLE...HOWARD...TCHULA AND FRANKLIN

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 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 9025 3294 8989 3290 8994 3289 8996
      3288 8996 3286 8998 3268 9058 3286 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 228DEG 44KT 3284 9051

$$

COHEN

6 follow-up statements

747 
WWUS54 KJAN 010515
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1115 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

MSC051-053-163-010600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-YAZOO MS-
1115 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHERN YAZOO...SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS AND WESTERN HOLMES
COUNTIES...

AT 1115 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR YAZOO CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BENTON AND EDEN BY 1125 PM CST...
  MIDWAY AND THORNTON BY 1130 PM CST...
  COXBURG AND TOLARVILLE BY 1135 PM CST...
  EBENEZER...BROZVILLE...HOWARD AND TCHULA BY 1140 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 9025 3294 8989 3290 8994 3289 8996
      3288 8996 3286 8998 3268 9058 3286 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 237DEG 43KT 3284 9040

$$

COHEN

255 
WWUS54 KJAN 010516
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1116 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

MSC051-053-163-010600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-YAZOO MS-
1116 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHERN YAZOO...SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS AND WESTERN HOLMES
COUNTIES...

AT 1116 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO OVER YAZOO CITY.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
YAZOO CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BENTON AND EDEN BY 1125 PM CST...
  MIDWAY AND THORNTON BY 1130 PM CST...
  COXBURG AND TOLARVILLE BY 1135 PM CST...
  BROZVILLE...EBENEZER...HOWARD AND TCHULA BY 1140 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 9025 3294 8989 3290 8994 3289 8996
      3288 8996 3286 8998 3268 9058 3286 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 237DEG 43KT 3285 9039

$$

COHEN

360 
WWUS54 KJAN 010520
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

MSC053-010531-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
HUMPHREYS MS-
1120 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3293 8990 3286 8998 3269 9054 3280 9057
      3290 9048 3293 9047 3293 9045 3301 9045
      3302 9037 3305 9037 3306 9041 3310 9043
      3311 9040 3310 9037 3313 9038 3311 9034
      3319 9032 3323 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 237DEG 43KT 3288 9033

$$

MSC051-163-010600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
HOLMES MS-YAZOO MS-
1120 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHERN YAZOO AND SOUTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES...

AT 1121 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR YAZOO CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY AND THORNTON BY 1130 PM CST...
  COXBURG AND TOLARVILLE BY 1135 PM CST...
  BROZVILLE...EBENEZER...HOWARD AND TCHULA BY 1140 PM CST...
  PICKENS BY 1145 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8990 3286 8998 3269 9054 3280 9057
      3290 9048 3293 9047 3293 9045 3301 9045
      3302 9037 3305 9037 3306 9041 3310 9043
      3311 9040 3310 9037 3313 9038 3311 9034
      3319 9032 3323 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 237DEG 43KT 3288 9033

$$

COHEN

846 
WWUS54 KJAN 010524
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1124 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

MSC051-163-010600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
HOLMES MS-YAZOO MS-
1124 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHERN YAZOO AND SOUTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES...

AT 1125 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY AND THORNTON BY 1130 PM CST...
  COXBURG AND TOLARVILLE BY 1135 PM CST...
  BROZVILLE...EBENEZER...HOWARD AND PICKENS BY 1140 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8990 3286 8998 3269 9054 3280 9057
      3290 9048 3293 9047 3293 9045 3301 9045
      3302 9037 3305 9037 3306 9041 3310 9043
      3311 9040 3310 9037 3313 9038 3311 9034
      3319 9032 3323 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 237DEG 43KT 3292 9029

$$

COHEN

670 
WWUS54 KJAN 010530
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1130 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

MSC051-163-010600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
HOLMES MS-YAZOO MS-
1130 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHERN YAZOO AND SOUTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES...

AT 1131 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROZVILLE...HOWARD...TCHULA AND PICKENS BY 1140 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8990 3289 8994 3289 8996 3288 8996
      3286 8998 3269 9054 3280 9057 3288 9047
      3302 9037 3314 9032 3319 9032 3323 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 231DEG 46KT 3297 9021

$$

COHEN

934 
WWUS54 KJAN 010545
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

MSC051-163-010600-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
HOLMES MS-YAZOO MS-
1145 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN YAZOO AND SOUTH CENTRAL HOLMES COUNTIES...

AT 1145 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EBENEZER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3291 8992 3285 9001 3275 9036 3278 9039
      3295 9026 3319 9024 3323 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 246DEG 38KT 3299 9005

$$

COHEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 31, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott	60 min
Dec 31, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	66 min
Dec 31, 7:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	58 min
Dec 31, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	56 min
Dec 31, 7:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	55 min
Dec 31, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	64 min
Dec 31, 7:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	49 min
Dec 31, 8:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington	60 min
Dec 31, 8:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	40 min
Dec 31, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	33 min
Dec 31, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Leflore	50 min
Dec 31, 9:02 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo	3 hr
Dec 31, 9:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Holmes and 9 more	7 hr
Dec 31, 9:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	69 min
Dec 31, 9:37 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Humphreys, Montgomery	3 hr
Dec 31, 9:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	40 min
Dec 31, 10:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Montgomery	59 min
Dec 31, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	42 min
Dec 31, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	60 min
Dec 31, 10:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	42 min
Dec 31, 10:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	54 min
Dec 31, 10:28 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Webster	3 hr
Dec 31, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo	61 min
Dec 31, 11:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Warren	68 min
Dec 31, 11:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren, Yazoo	4 hr
Dec 31, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	55 min
Dec 31, 11:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	66 min
Dec 31, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	64 min
Dec 31, 11:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Holmes	3 hr
Jan 1, 12:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	64 min
Jan 1, 12:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison	59 min
Jan 1, 12:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Winston	54 min
Jan 1, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	59 min
Jan 1, 1:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	55 min
Jan 1, 1:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	64 min
Jan 1, 1:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	67 min
Jan 1, 1:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson, Smith	5 hr
Jan 1, 1:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	58 min
Jan 1, 1:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	25 min
Jan 1, 1:54 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	3 hr
Jan 1, 2:05 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	2 hr
Jan 1, 2:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	17 min
Jan 1, 2:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	60 min
Jan 1, 2:51 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	3 hr
Jan 1, 2:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	64 min
Jan 1, 3:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	34 min
Jan 1, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	79 min
Jan 1, 4:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith	50 min
Jan 1, 4:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	34 min
Jan 1, 4:47 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	3 hr
Jan 1, 9:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	23 hr

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.