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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

February 16, 2001Neshoba County, Oktibbeha County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 12:55 PM CST for Neshoba County, Oktibbeha County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2001, 12:55 PM CST (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2001, 1:45 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Neshoba County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 12:00Z on 2001-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 161855
SVRJAN
MSC099-105-159-161945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1255 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 1255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE 
  TO 8 MILES EAST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL...
  BE NEAR LOUISVILLE...PHILADELPHIA AT 105 PM CST
  BE NEAR STARKVILLE AT 115 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU CANNOT GET UNDERGROUND...GO
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS

62

LAT...LON 3320 8918 3305 8930 3268 8931 3272 8897
          3308 8888 3332 8885 3356 8872

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 11:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren49 min
Feb 16, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo41 min
Feb 16, 11:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo34 min
Feb 16, 11:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds34 min
Feb 16, 11:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison52 min
Feb 16, 11:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo31 min
Feb 16, 12:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin61 min
Feb 16, 12:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala57 min
Feb 16, 12:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake57 min
Feb 16, 12:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster53 min
Feb 16, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott41 min
Feb 16, 1:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay47 min
Feb 16, 1:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha27 min
Feb 16, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee51 min
Feb 16, 1:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln50 min
Feb 16, 1:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson50 min
Feb 16, 1:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes19 min
Feb 16, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith43 min
Feb 16, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper40 min
Feb 16, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton36 min
Feb 16, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale39 min
Feb 16, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence52 min
Feb 16, 2:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke49 min
Feb 16, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith30 min
Feb 16, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion39 min
Feb 16, 3:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale27 min
Feb 16, 3:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion35 min
Feb 16, 3:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Lamar41 min
Feb 16, 3:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion42 min
Feb 16, 3:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper34 min
Feb 16, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones43 min
Feb 16, 4:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar39 min
Feb 16, 4:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.