Tornado Warning 115, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 6:17 AM CST (12:17 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 7:00 AM CST

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Attala County, MS, Leake 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 241219
TORJAN
MSC007-079-241300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NORTHWEST LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 617 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL NORTHWEST LEAKE COUNTY
  BE NEAR KOSCIUSKO AT 645 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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS 
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH 
OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO..TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3290 8991 3285 8962 3299 8945 3316 8965

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.