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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 4:35 PM CDT for Jasper County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:59 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 Ne Bay Springs, MS | THIS TORNADO MOVED JUST NW OF ANOTHER TORNADO TRACK ALMOST TWO HRS LATER...MOVING FROM CR 1519 TO CR 1537. A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BARN AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. ONE TREE WAS ON HOME AND WELL-HOUSE. THIS LOCATION WAS IMPACTED BY BOTH TORNADOES. PATH L |
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, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
432
WFUS54 KJAN 152135
TORJAN
MSC061-127-129-152230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0089.110415T2135Z-110415T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
WEST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
WHITE OAK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RALEIGH...BURNS...PINEVILLE AND BAY SPRINGS
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
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8964 3203 8964 3210 8972 3222 8941
3223 8936 3223 8932 3199 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 244DEG 41KT 3196 8968
$$
OLB2 follow-up statements
823
WWUS54 KJAN 152154
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
454 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
MSC127-152203-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110415T2230Z/
SIMPSON MS-
454 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3188 8949 3204 8953 3215 8959 3222 8941
3223 8936 3223 8932 3199 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 248DEG 43KT 3204 8943
$$
MSC061-129-152230-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110415T2230Z/
SMITH MS-JASPER MS-
454 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JASPER AND EASTERN SMITH COUNTIES...
AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RALEIGH MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SYLVARENA...PINEVILLE AND BAY SPRINGS
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
GOLFBALL HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8949 3204 8953 3215 8959 3222 8941
3223 8936 3223 8932 3199 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 248DEG 43KT 3204 8943
$$
OLB128 WWUS54 KJAN 152206 RRA SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 506 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 MSC129-152216- /O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110415T2230Z/ SMITH MS- 506 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3196 8932 3206 8932 3212 8932 3199 8924 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 248DEG 43KT 3204 8928 $$ MSC061-152230- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110415T2230Z/ JASPER MS- 506 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY... AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAY SPRINGS 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARETR HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3196 8932 3206 8932 3212 8932 3199 8924 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 248DEG 43KT 3204 8928 $$ OLB
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, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 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 |
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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.