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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Jackson, MS

November 9, 2000Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:58 AM CST for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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
Nov 9, 2000, 12:58 AM CST (06:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 1:30 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lamar County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 9, 1:30 AM CSTThunderstorm WindOak Grove, MSSeveral trees were blown down.
Nov 9, 1:40 AM CSTHail 1Hattiesburg, MSBrief period of golfball sized hail caused some roof damage.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 8, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 9, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 709 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 090658
TORJAN

MSC073-090730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1258 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1258 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR LUMBERTON AT 105 AM CST
  BE NEAR PURVIS AT 125 AM CST

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 6:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin37 min
Nov 8, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison46 min
Nov 8, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin50 min
Nov 8, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott41 min
Nov 8, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin47 min
Nov 8, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba48 min
Nov 8, 8:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin99 min
Nov 8, 8:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson115 min
Nov 8, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee, Winston49 min
Nov 8, 10:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin2 hr
Nov 8, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln47 min
Nov 8, 11:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah119 min
Nov 8, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion43 min
Nov 9, 12:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin105 min
Nov 9, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington46 min
Nov 9, 12:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion3 hr
Nov 9, 1:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion30 min
Nov 9, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar50 min
Nov 9, 2:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke32 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.