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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS

May 27, 2000Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, MS, Leflore County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 7:20 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MSNumerous trees and power lines were blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2000-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2184 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2000-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

875 
WFUS54 KJAN 280002
TORJAN
MSC015-083-280045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
700 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 700 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF     
  GREENWOOD WITH TREES DOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR NORTH CARROLLTON AT 745 PM CDT

MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. AS A 
LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT 
SAFE

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery24 min
May 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster24 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington59 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Holmes, Yazoo43 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha43 min
May 27, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes29 min
May 27, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha26 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee49 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston49 min
May 27, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes46 min
May 27, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.