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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS

October 13, 2001Lowndes County, Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2001, 3:26 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Noxubee County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 13, 3:59 PM CDTTornado F1Columbus, MSA tornado briefly touched down. Four mobile homes were reportedly demolished with a fifth one nearby untouched.

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
Oct 13, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2001-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2001-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

062 
WFUS54 KJAN 132027
TORJAN
MSC087-103-132100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
326 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO NEAR BROOKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF        
  COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR TRINITY BY 335 PM CDT
  BE NEAR COLUMBUS BY 345 PM CDT

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3322 8868 3325 8842 3340 8830 3358 8827
          3356 8842 3349 8856

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington53 min
Oct 13, 7:35 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith25 min
Oct 13, 7:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren33 min
Oct 13, 7:59 AM CDTTornado WarningJANScott31 min
Oct 13, 8:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah35 min
Oct 13, 8:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin43 min
Oct 13, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams33 min
Oct 13, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson33 min
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo30 min
Oct 13, 9:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin50 min
Oct 13, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren29 min
Oct 13, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo52 min
Oct 13, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds57 min
Oct 13, 9:34 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson41 min
Oct 13, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson35 min
Oct 13, 9:44 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln46 min
Oct 13, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne26 min
Oct 13, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha44 min
Oct 13, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay46 min
Oct 13, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds49 min
Oct 13, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah45 min
Oct 13, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest55 min
Oct 13, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion37 min
Oct 13, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison54 min
Oct 13, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Oct 13, 11:06 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin24 min
Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln50 min
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke43 min
Oct 13, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes49 min
Oct 13, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson56 min
Oct 13, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin51 min
Oct 13, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke57 min
Oct 13, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion44 min
Oct 13, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar25 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott, Smith59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMarion29 min
Oct 13, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones55 min
Oct 13, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion47 min
Oct 13, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClay32 min
Oct 13, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper66 min
Oct 13, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest39 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery2 hr
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Neshoba, Winston64 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton64 min
Oct 13, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper31 min
Oct 13, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones39 min
Oct 13, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster41 min
Oct 13, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha51 min
Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Oct 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper66 min
Oct 13, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay46 min
Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones29 min
Oct 13, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper56 min
Oct 13, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper24 min
Oct 13, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest37 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones34 min
Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale57 min
Oct 13, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Clay, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Kemper and 8 more119 min
Oct 13, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay25 min
Oct 13, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke44 min
Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke36 min
Oct 13, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest113 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.