Tornado Warning 106, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 1:42 AM CST (07:42 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 2:30 AM CST

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

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.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 240744
TORJAN
MSC011-151-240830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 142 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENOIT...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LAKE VILLAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR GREENVILLE AT 155 AM CST
  BE NEAR BENOIT AT 205 AM CST
  BE NEAR BOYLE AT 220 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

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.