Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Jackson, MS

May 24, 2001Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2001, 8:01 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2001, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Newton County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 8:11 PM CDTHail 0.88Lawrence, MS
May 24, 8:11 PM CDTHail 0.88Decatur, MS

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
May 24, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2001-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 583 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2001-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

153 
WUUS54 KJAN 250103
SVRJAN
MSC101-250145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
801 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAKE AND ANOTHER ONE 
DEVELOPING OVER NEWTON.

IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR DECATUR AT 835 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER 
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3230 8893 3234 8895 3237 8899 3257 8918
          3247 8931 3224 8932 3224 8915 3228 8897

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams29 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson31 min
May 24, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams49 min
May 24, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin33 min
May 24, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith59 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson47 min
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale45 min
May 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson26 min
May 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams35 min
May 24, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott26 min
May 24, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton30 min
May 24, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln28 min
May 24, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale29 min
May 24, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin32 min
May 24, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln35 min
May 25, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin32 min
May 25, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.