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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 707, NWS Jackson, MS

October 13, 2001Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2001, 2:24 PM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 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: Oct 13, 2001, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Enterprise, MS	A weak tornado touched down briefly near town and knocked down a few trees.
Oct 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Quitman, MS	A large tree was blown down onto a home.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 13, 12:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

002 
WUUS54 KJAN 131926
SVRJAN
MSC023-061-132030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
224 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF ROSE HILL TO  
  NEAR HEIDELBERG...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING EAST  
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL...
  BE NEAR PACHUTA BY 245 PM CDT
  BE NEAR STONEWALL BY 255 PM CDT
  BE NEAR QUITMAN BY 300 PM CDT

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

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3222 8899 3182 8904 3189 8849 3222 8846

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 13, 4:06 AM CDT, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 4:06 AM CDT, 10 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON SYNOPTIC FEATURES ALTHOUGH
DIFFERENCES IN TIMING REMAIN. UPPER LOW TO DIG INTO ERN TX TODAY AS
100+ KT UPPER JET MAX LIFTS NWD JUST W OF MS RIVER. MODELS INDICATE
SLIGHT NEGATIVE TILT TO UPPER TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL
DYNAMICS INCREASE WITH 850 MB JET MAX INTO WRN ZONES THIS MORNING.
850 MB WIND SPEEDS FORECAST 40-50 KT RANGE WRN AREAS THIS
MORNING...SPREADING ACROSS REST OF FORECAST AREA BY 18Z TODAY. AS
UPPER LOW DIGS OVER ERN TX...UPPER FLOW NEARLY PARALLEL WITH COLD
FRONT. THIS TO INCREASE THREAT OF TRAINING ECHOES THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FORECAST FROM 1.5 TO 2+ INCHES TODAY LOOK
SUFFICIENT FOR POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING PROBLEMS IF TRAINING CELLS
OCCUR. WILL ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR WRN ZONES FOR TODAY. WILL NOT
INCLUDE ERN ZONES AT THIS TIME SINCE UPPER SYSTEM TO ACCELERATE
LATER TODAY...REDUCING THE CHANCE OF TRAINING CELLS ERN AREAS. NCEP
RAIN ESTIMATES OF 1-2 INCHES WRN ZONES THROUGH 18Z TODAY LOOK A BIT
OVERDONE BUT GENERAL TOTALS FROM 1-2 INCHES 18Z THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY
WRN ZONES LOOK UNDERDONE. EXPECT AVERAGES FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH THROUGH
MIDDAY WEST THEN 2-3 INCHES W AND CENTRAL AREAS BY 00Z SUNDAY...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

UPPER TROUGH MOVING NEAR MS RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT. MODELS AGREE THAT
SIGNIFICANT UPPER DIVERGENCE TO CONTINUE NRN HALF OF FORECAST AREA
THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY...ENDING BY 12Z SUNDAY MORNING. 850 MB FLOW
VEERING TO THE W OVER WRN ZONES BY MIDNIGHT...SHIFTING W/NW ALL
ZONES BY 12Z SUNDAY. COLD 500 MB TEMP TROUGH PIVOTING FROM NE LA
INTO W CENTRAL AND NW MS TONIGHT...MOVING N OF THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. AIR MASS REMAINING UNSTABLE EARLY TONIGHT SO WILL KEEP
HIGHS POPS INTO SECOND PERIOD.

AIR MASS DRYING RAPIDLY BEHIND COLD FRONT...REMAINING DRY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

.PRELIM NUMBERS...
JAN 078/062/075/048  +9-0
MEI 079/067/075/048  ++10

.JAN...
MS...FLOOD WATCH WRN MS FOR TODAY
LA...FLOOD NE LA WATCH FOR TODAY
AR...FLOOD SE AR WATCH FOR TODAY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1211 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1155 AM    BROOKHAVEN                MS   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   LINCOLN                        POWERLINES AND TREES
                                          DOWN. SHED BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1219 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 AM    RICHLAND                  MS   TORNADO
10/13/01   RANKIN                         REPORTED BY RANKIN COUNTY
                                          EMA. 2 HOUSES WITH
                                          DAMAGE. TREES DOWN.

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
141200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1245 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
FOR THE REMAINDER OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY UNTIL 8
PM... WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES...WILL OCCUR MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...CURRENTLY DEVELOPING IN EAST
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...MAY MAINTAIN THEIR
INTENSITY...AND REACH EASTERN LOUISIANA AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
BETWEEN 5 PM AND 9 PM.	THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WITH THESE STORMS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

AT 1230 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
NEAR THE I-55 CORRIDOR...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
EAST OF I-55 AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE.  ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
ABLE TO ROTATE...AND A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES.  REMEMBER...NOT ALL ROTATING STORMS PRODUCE
TORNADOES...BUT CAN FREQUENTLY PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS.	IN ANY CASE...TAKE ALL WARNINGS SERIOUSLY...AND TAKE
COVER IF EITHER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING OR TORNADO WARNING
IS ISSUED.

ALL SHOULD MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING
THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.

...FLOODING...
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI FOR THE REMAINED OF THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCUR GENERALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55.  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL SHIFT INTO EAST
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON.  ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE RAIN WITH
THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THIS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS...AND SOME
RIVERS.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS FLOODED
ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY CROSS BRIDGES.

...NON PRECIPITATION...
SOUTH WIND FROM 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MOST OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY.
CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS TEXAS THIS MORNING AND WILL
MOVE NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE
STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL
PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH WIND DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES AND WATERWAYS.
DRIVERS OF CAMPERS...VANS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
ALSO USE CAUTION WHEN ON THE ROAD TODAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
119 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0100 PM    PRENTISS                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   JEFFERSON DAVIS                ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A BARN
                                          AND LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR
                                          A FARM HOUSE BY THE CITY
                                          OF PRENTISS. REPORTED BY
                                          HATTIESBURG MHP.

0103 PM    5N ENTERPRISE             MS   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   CLARKE                         FOUR TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          COUNTY ROAD 337. REPORTED
                                          BY SO IN CLARKE COUNTY.

Local storm report, Oct 13, 2:08 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
208 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0155 PM    STRINGER                  MS   60 MPH WIND GUST
10/13/01   JASPER                         REPORTED BY JASPER COUNTY
                                          EMA.

0158 PM    10SW ELLISVILLE           MS   TORNADO
10/13/01   JONES                          PUBLIC REPORT. NEAR
                                          HIGHWAY 59.

Local storm report, Oct 13, 2:21 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
221 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM                              MS   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   NESHOBA                        TREES DOWN IN THE WESTERN
                                          PART OF COUNTY. REPORTED
                                          BY S.O. FOR NESHOBA
                                          COUNTY.

0100 PM                              MS   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   MARION                         TREES DOWN IN THE KOKOMO
                                          AREA. REPORTED BY THE
                                          S.O. IN MARION COUNTY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	53 min
Oct 13, 7:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	25 min
Oct 13, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	33 min
Oct 13, 7:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	31 min
Oct 13, 8:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	35 min
Oct 13, 8:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	43 min
Oct 13, 8:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	33 min
Oct 13, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	33 min
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	30 min
Oct 13, 9:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	50 min
Oct 13, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	29 min
Oct 13, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	52 min
Oct 13, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	57 min
Oct 13, 9:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson	41 min
Oct 13, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	35 min
Oct 13, 9:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	46 min
Oct 13, 9:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	26 min
Oct 13, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	44 min
Oct 13, 10:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	46 min
Oct 13, 10:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	49 min
Oct 13, 10:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	45 min
Oct 13, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	55 min
Oct 13, 10:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	37 min
Oct 13, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	54 min
Oct 13, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	50 min
Oct 13, 11:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	24 min
Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	50 min
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	43 min
Oct 13, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	49 min
Oct 13, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Simpson	56 min
Oct 13, 11:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	51 min
Oct 13, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	57 min
Oct 13, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Marion	44 min
Oct 13, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	25 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott, Smith	59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	29 min
Oct 13, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	55 min
Oct 13, 1:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	47 min
Oct 13, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay	32 min
Oct 13, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	66 min
Oct 13, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	39 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Montgomery	2 hr
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Neshoba, Winston	64 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	64 min
Oct 13, 1:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	31 min
Oct 13, 1:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	39 min
Oct 13, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	41 min
Oct 13, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	51 min
Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	48 min
Oct 13, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	46 min
Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	29 min
Oct 13, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	56 min
Oct 13, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	24 min
Oct 13, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	37 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee	64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	34 min
Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	57 min
Oct 13, 3:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Clay, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Kemper and 8 more	119 min
Oct 13, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	25 min
Oct 13, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	34 min
Oct 13, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	44 min
Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	36 min
Oct 13, 6:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	113 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.