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Tornado Warning 105, NWS Jackson, MS

November 24, 2001Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 1:16 AM CST for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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: Nov 24, 2001, 1:16 AM CST (07:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2001, 2:00 AM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Chicot County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 24, 1:31 AM CST	Tornado F1	Lake Vlg, AR	A supercell thunderstorm moved out of Ashley County into Chicot County and produced a short track weak tornado five miles south-southwest of Lake Village. The tornado travelled one mile and damaged four houses and one mobile home, before lifting four miles sou

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
Nov 23, 11:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
Nov 24, 1:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

379 
WFUS54 KJAN 240717
TORJAN
ARC017-240800-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
  
* UNTIL 200 AM CST

* AT 116 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE VILLAGE...OR ABOUT OVER
  WILMOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR LAKE VILLAGE AT 145 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 3304 9144 3327 9145 3343 9120 3338 9117
          3342 9109 3335 9114 3322 9110

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 12:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley	41 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.