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Tornado Warning 104, NWS Jackson, MS

November 24, 2001Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 12:49 AM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 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, 12:49 AM CST (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 1:30 AM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ashley County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 23, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2001-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 607 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 2001-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
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.

481 
WFUS54 KJAN 240650
TORJAN
ARC003-240730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1249 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1249 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMOT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF BASTROP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR WILMOT AT 100 AM CST
  BE NEAR PARKDALE AT 105 AM CST
  BE NEAR PORTLAND AT 110 AM CST
  BE NEAR MONTROSE AT 120 AM CST

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3302 9155 3312 9146 3338 9152 3302 9185

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 1:16 AM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot44 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes 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.