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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT for Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 5:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239
WFUS54 KJAN 152144
TORJAN
MSC025-087-152245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0090.110415T2144Z-110415T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
444 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS AFB...COLUMBUS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENT OAK
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WAVERLY...KOLOLA SPRINGS...STEENS AND CALEDONIA
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3346 8828 3341 8867 3352 8867 3363 8849
3365 8850 3367 8849 3367 8842 3370 8838
3369 8837 3373 8832 3375 8831 3374 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 242DEG 42KT 3347 8855
$$
193 follow-up statements
361
WWUS54 KJAN 152159
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
459 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
MSC025-087-152245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110415T2245Z/
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-
459 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LOWNDES AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
AT 500 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLUMBUS AFB...KOLOLA SPRINGS...STEENS AND CALEDONIA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3346 8828 3341 8867 3352 8867 3363 8849
3365 8850 3367 8849 3367 8842 3370 8838
3369 8837 3373 8832 3375 8831 3374 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 246DEG 29KT 3350 8843
$$
AEC008
WWUS54 KJAN 152215
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
515 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
MSC025-152225-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110415T2245Z/
CLAY MS-
515 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3349 8828 3352 8839 3367 8842 3370 8838
3369 8837 3373 8832 3375 8831 3374 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 246DEG 29KT 3355 8830
$$
MSC087-152245-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110415T2245Z/
LOWNDES MS-
515 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY...
AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STEENS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STEENS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3349 8828 3352 8839 3367 8842 3370 8838
3369 8837 3373 8832 3375 8831 3374 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 246DEG 29KT 3355 8830
$$
19630
WWUS54 KJAN 152227
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
527 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
MSC087-152237-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110415T2245Z/
LOWNDES MS-
527 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3349 8828 3352 8839 3367 8842 3370 8838
3369 8837 3373 8832 3375 8831 3374 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 246DEG 29KT 3359 8819
$$
19The 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.