Tornado Warning 119, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Nov 24, 2001, 9:07 AM CST (15:07 UTC)

Expired

Nov 24, 2001, 9:45 AM CST

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Oktibbeha 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.

788 
WFUS54 KJAN 241507
TORJAN
MSC105-241545-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 907 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF STARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR STARKVILLE AT 920 AM CST

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3344 8910 3332 8894 3338 8867 3356 8873

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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.