Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 5:55 AM CST for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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, 5:55 AM CST (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2001, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Madison 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, 5:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 241157 TORJAN MSC089-241230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 555 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 630 AM CST * AT 555 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... BE NEAR SHARON AT 600 AM BE NEAR CAMDEN AT 610 AM TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD BE READY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...VIOLENT WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW LAT...LON 3265 9013 3253 8999 3281 8973 3287 8992
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, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 39 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, 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.