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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 1:46 PM CDT for Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 min. 7 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 15, 2011, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Copiah County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Georgetown, MS | TREES DOWN IN POWERLINES AROUND GEORGETOWN AND EAST ACROSS THE PEARL RIVER IN SIMPSON COUNTY |
| Apr 15, 2:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 85 | 4 Ssw Mendenhall, MS | A SWATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AFFECTED THE SOUTH THROUGH EAST SIDES OF MENDENHALL BETWEEN 215 AND 230 PM. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED...A NUMBER FELL ON POWERLINES AND HOMES. |
| Apr 15, 2:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | D'Lo, MS | |
| Apr 15, 2:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | D'Lo, MS | GOLFBALL TO HEN EGG SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Apr 15, 2:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Mendenhall, MS | LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL |
| Apr 15, 2:25 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 3 E Mendenhall, MS | |
| Apr 15, 2:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 E Mendenhall, MS |
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 15, 7:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 565 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WFUS54 KJAN 151846 RRA TORJAN MSC029-127-151945- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0073.110415T1846Z-110415T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 146 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PINOLA...MENDENHALL...MAGEE... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF ROCKPORT MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROCKPORT BY 155 PM CDT... UNION BY 205 PM CDT... SHIVERS BY 210 PM CDT... PINOLA BY 215 PM CDT... MENDENHALL BY 225 PM CDT... MENDENHALL BY 230 PM CDT... 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3194 9021 3206 8966 3180 8965 3176 9015 TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 253DEG 33KT 3180 9028 $$ CME
3 follow-up statements
359
WWUS54 KJAN 151906
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
206 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
MSC029-151916-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110415T1945Z/
COPIAH MS-
206 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COPIAH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3177 9010 3189 9012 3195 9016 3206 8966
3181 8965 3180 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 254DEG 38KT 3185 9004
$$
MSC127-151945-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110415T1945Z/
SIMPSON MS-
206 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR SIMPSON
COUNTY...
AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MENDENHALL AND D'LO BY 220 PM CDT...
SANATORIUM BY 225 PM CDT...
MARTINVILLE AND MAGEE BY 230 PM CDT...
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3177 9010 3189 9012 3195 9016 3206 8966
3181 8965 3180 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 254DEG 38KT 3185 9004
$$
CME066 WWUS54 KJAN 151915 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 215 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 MSC127-151945- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110415T1945Z/ SIMPSON MS- 215 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR SIMPSON COUNTY... AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINOLA MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MENDENHALL AND D'LO BY 220 PM CDT... SANATORIUM BY 225 PM CDT... MAGEE AND MARTINVILLE BY 230 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3180 9005 3197 9006 3206 8966 3181 8965 TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 255DEG 37KT 3187 8991 $$ CME
251 WWUS54 KJAN 151925 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 225 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 MSC127-151945- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110415T1945Z/ SIMPSON MS- 225 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY... AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANATORIUM MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MAGEE AND MARTINVILLE BY 230 PM CDT... 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3201 8989 3206 8966 3181 8965 3181 8984 TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 255DEG 37KT 3190 8979 $$ CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 4:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 5:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey and 2 more | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Montgomery, Webster and 1 more | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 6:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 8:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 8:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 8:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 8:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery, Oktibbeha and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 10:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 10:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 10:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 14 days |
| Apr 15, 11:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 11:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 11:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Lowndes and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 1:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 3:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 68 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 3 days |
| Apr 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 55 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.