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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 737, NWS Jackson, MS

November 24, 2001Sharkey County, Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 2001, 3:51 AM CST for Sharkey County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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: Nov 24, 2001, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2001, 4:30 AM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Sharkey County, MS, Washington County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 24, 1:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

736 
WUUS54 KJAN 240952
SVRJAN
MSC125-151-241030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
351 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 430 AM CST

* AT 351 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLANDALE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL WASHINGTON COUNTY 

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

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT 
QUICKLY.

WINDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3296 9090 3303 9092 3303 9099 3307 9104
          3334 9077 3311 9068

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 Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST, 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

REF. SPC WW 814...
STRONG SOUTHERLY VEERING FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION AHEAD OF SYNOPTIC SQUALL LINE FROM ERN AR TO SE TX.
SBCAPES HOLDING IN THE 500-1500J/KG RANGE WITH BRN SHEAR VALUES OF
60-90 AND 0-1KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES 300-400M*M/S*S AHEAD OF
THE LINE. MESOETA APPEARS TO HAVE A BEST HANDLE ON CURRENT
CONVECTIVE SITUATION(AVN TOO FAST) AND WILL FOLLOW META CLOSELY FOR
DETAILS THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH
MOST PROBABLE WITH PASSAGE OF LINE.

EXPECT SQUALL LINE TO PROGRESS TO NEAR I-55 BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND
PASS THROUGH SERN MS BY DARK. DEGREE OF AFTERNOON HEATING WILL PLAY
MAJOR ROLE IN ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS. ALSO LOOK FOR MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW TO DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS LINEAR MODE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DOMINATE
BY THAT TIME. NO REAL COLD AIR WITH THIS PACIFIC FRONT AND WEAK
SURFACE RIDGE MOVES NEWD FROM TX TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ALLOWING A
TEMPORARY DRYING OUT PERIOD. MID-UPPER FLOW REMAINS SWLY THROUGH
MONDAY WHEN RETURN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GETS GOING AGAIN.

NEXT MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE OZARKS MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF SHRA/TSRA TO MS. MEAN
LONGWAVE TROUGH STUCK IN THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL BRING ANOTHER STRONG
TROUGH THROUGH IT/S BASE ON WEDNESDAY WITH A POTENTIAL FOR EVEN
HEAVIER RAINFALL. FINALLY...IN THE MEDIUM RANGE...WE SHOULD GET
MAJOR COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH HIGHS NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SOME
15-20 DEGREES BELOW CLIMATOLOGY.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
JAN 75/48/71/51/74 720-4
MEI 77/51/71/52/74 750-4

.JAN...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 24, 2:01 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
201 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

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

0105 AM    WILMOT                    AR   TORNADO
11/24/01   ASHLEY                         WARREN ASP REPORTED
                                          TORNADO ON GROUND...AT
                                          LEAST 2 MOBILE HOMES
                                          OVERTURNED REPORTED BY
                                          CHICOT EMA

Local storm report, Nov 24, 2:22 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
222 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

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

0105 AM    WILMOT                    AR   TORNADO
11/24/01   ASHLEY                         WARREN ASP REPORTED
                                          TORNADO ON GROUND...AT
                                          LEAST 2 MOBILE HOMES
                                          OVERTURNED REPORTED BY
                                          CHICOT EMA

0145 AM    1SW LAKE VILLAGE          AR   WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01   CHICOT                         EMA REPORTS 2 HOMES
                                          DAMAGED AND POWER
                                          OUTAGES

0150 AM    LAMONT                    MS   0.88 INCH HAIL
11/24/01   BOLIVAR                        PUBLIC REPORTED

0200 AM    2N GREENVILLE AP          MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   WASHINGTON                     EMA REPORTS POWER LINES
                                          DOWN AND PUBLIC REPORTS
                                          OF TORNADO

Local storm report, Nov 24, 2:31 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
231 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

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

1245 AM    2NE BASTROP               LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01   MOREHOUSE                      S.O. REPORTS 1 HOUSE
                                          DESTROYED AND SHEDS
                                          DAMAGED

0220 AM    1W CLEVELAND              MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   BOLIVAR                        EMA REPORTS TORNADO HAS
                                          DESTROYED 2 HOUSES.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 1:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	48 min
Nov 24, 2:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	51 min
Nov 24, 3:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	35 min
Nov 24, 3:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	44 min
Nov 24, 4:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	27 min
Nov 24, 4:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	45 min
Nov 24, 4:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	38 min
Nov 24, 5:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	50 min
Nov 24, 5:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	35 min
Nov 24, 6:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	42 min
Nov 24, 6:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	40 min
Nov 24, 6:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	43 min
Nov 24, 6:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	45 min
Nov 24, 6:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	36 min
Nov 24, 7:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	34 min
Nov 24, 7:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll	23 min
Nov 24, 7:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	29 min
Nov 24, 7:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	31 min
Nov 24, 7:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	40 min
Nov 24, 8:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery	41 min
Nov 24, 8:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	46 min
Nov 24, 8:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	27 min
Nov 24, 8:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	51 min
Nov 24, 8:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	28 min
Nov 24, 8:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	26 min
Nov 24, 8:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	24 min
Nov 24, 8:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw	34 min
Nov 24, 8:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	30 min
Nov 24, 8:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha, Winston	26 min
Nov 24, 8:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	36 min
Nov 24, 8:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay	32 min
Nov 24, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	28 min
Nov 24, 9:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	38 min
Nov 24, 9:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	30 min
Nov 24, 9:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay	38 min
Nov 24, 9:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Scott	42 min
Nov 24, 9:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	42 min
Nov 24, 9:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	25 min
Nov 24, 9:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	32 min
Nov 24, 9:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	44 min
Nov 24, 9:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	41 min
Nov 24, 9:52 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	38 min
Nov 24, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	51 min
Nov 24, 9:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	32 min
Nov 24, 10:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	41 min
Nov 24, 10:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	52 min
Nov 24, 10:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	35 min
Nov 24, 10:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	48 min
Nov 24, 10:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	27 min
Nov 24, 10:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	45 min
Nov 24, 10:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	40 min
Nov 24, 10:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	36 min
Nov 24, 11:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	44 min
Nov 24, 11:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	32 min
Nov 24, 11:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	46 min
Nov 24, 11:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	42 min
Nov 24, 11:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	42 min
Nov 24, 11:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	37 min
Nov 24, 11:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	45 min
Nov 24, 11:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	25 min
Nov 24, 11:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	34 min
Nov 24, 12:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	28 min
Nov 24, 12:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	29 min
Nov 24, 12:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	46 min
Nov 24, 1:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	33 min
Nov 24, 1:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2001 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.