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Tornado Warning 120, NWS Jackson, MS

November 24, 2001Clay County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 9:22 AM CST for Clay County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2001, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clay 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 241524
TORJAN
MSC025-241600-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 AM CST

* AT 922 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   TORNADO OVER ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST WEST POINT. THIS STORM IS 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL EASTERN CLAY COUNTY
  CROSS HIGHWAY 45 BY 930 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 3364 8882 3352 8867 3357 8852 3369 8852

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

REF. SPC WW 814...
STRONG SOUTHERLY VEERING FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION AHEAD OF SYNOPTIC SQUALL LINE FROM ERN AR TO SE TX.
SBCAPES HOLDING IN THE 500-1500J/KG RANGE WITH BRN SHEAR VALUES OF
60-90 AND 0-1KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES 300-400M*M/S*S AHEAD OF
THE LINE. MESOETA APPEARS TO HAVE A BEST HANDLE ON CURRENT
CONVECTIVE SITUATION(AVN TOO FAST) AND WILL FOLLOW META CLOSELY FOR
DETAILS THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH
MOST PROBABLE WITH PASSAGE OF LINE.

EXPECT SQUALL LINE TO PROGRESS TO NEAR I-55 BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND
PASS THROUGH SERN MS BY DARK. DEGREE OF AFTERNOON HEATING WILL PLAY
MAJOR ROLE IN ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS. ALSO LOOK FOR MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW TO DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS LINEAR MODE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DOMINATE
BY THAT TIME. NO REAL COLD AIR WITH THIS PACIFIC FRONT AND WEAK
SURFACE RIDGE MOVES NEWD FROM TX TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ALLOWING A
TEMPORARY DRYING OUT PERIOD. MID-UPPER FLOW REMAINS SWLY THROUGH
MONDAY WHEN RETURN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GETS GOING AGAIN.

NEXT MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE OZARKS MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF SHRA/TSRA TO MS. MEAN
LONGWAVE TROUGH STUCK IN THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL BRING ANOTHER STRONG
TROUGH THROUGH IT/S BASE ON WEDNESDAY WITH A POTENTIAL FOR EVEN
HEAVIER RAINFALL. FINALLY...IN THE MEDIUM RANGE...WE SHOULD GET
MAJOR COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH HIGHS NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SOME
15-20 DEGREES BELOW CLIMATOLOGY.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
JAN 75/48/71/51/74 720-4
MEI 77/51/71/52/74 750-4

.JAN...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
251200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
0500 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER TODAY AS A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVES EASTWARD.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WEST
MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH MIDDAY WITH
SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS
GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE
WIND GUSTS FROM THE LINE OF STORMS. HOWEVER..ANY STRONG STORMS
DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE LINE...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF
ROTATING...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH FROM THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT AS THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT PASSES THE REGION.

RESIDENTS NEED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION TODAY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 TO 50 MPH...AND BE DIFFICULT TO SEE DUE TO THEIR RAPID
MOVEMENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE NECESSARY.  MAKE SURE SPOTTERS ARE
ACTIVATED AT LEAST ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MAIN LINE REACHES YOUR
AREA.

...NON PRECIPITATION...
IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING STRONG STORM SYSTEM...WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A WINONA TO JACKSON TO
BROOKHAVEN   LINE.

BOATERS ON AREA LAKES AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS WILL NEED TO USE
CAUTION AS A FEW GUSTS MAY APPROACH 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS WILL BE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE GUSTY CROSS WINDS. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME
WEST AND DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

Local storm report, Nov 24, 5:32 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
532 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 AM    ISOLA                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01   HUMPHREYS                      NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN AND 2
                                          BUSINESS/BUILDINGS
                                          DAMAGED REPORTED BY EMA

0515 AM    POCAHANTAS                MS   2.75 INCH HAIL
11/24/01   HINDS                          JACKSON/HINDS EOC REPORT

0525 AM    2NW MADISON               MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   MADISON                        POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
                                          CYPRUS LAKE SUBDIVISION
                                          REPORTED BY S.O.

Local storm report, Nov 24, 6:27 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
627 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0451 AM    BOLTON                    MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   HINDS                          REPORTED BY HINDS COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0528 AM    4NW MADISON               MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   MADISON                        *** 1 INJ ***
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH
                                          SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
                                          HOMES REPORTED BY MADISON
                                          COUNTY S.O.

Local storm report, Nov 24, 6:29 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
629 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1245 AM    2NE BASTROP               LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01   MOREHOUSE                      S.O. REPORTS 1 HOUSE
                                          DESTROYED AND SHEDS
                                          DAMAGED

0105 AM    WILMOT                    AR   TORNADO
11/24/01   ASHLEY                         *** 2 DEAD ***
                                          WARREN ASP REPORTED
                                          TORNADO ON GROUND AND
                                          QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE.
                                          ...AT LEAST 2 MOBILE
                                          HOMES OVERTURNED REPORTED
                                          BY CHICOT EMA

0145 AM    1SW LAKE VILLAGE          AR   WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01   CHICOT                         EMA REPORTS 2 HOMES
                                          DAMAGED AND POWER
                                          OUTAGES

0150 AM    LAMONT                    MS   0.88 INCH HAIL
11/24/01   BOLIVAR                        PUBLIC REPORTED

0200 AM    2N GREENVILLE AP          MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   WASHINGTON                     EMA REPORTS POWER LINES
                                          DOWN AND PUBLIC REPORTS
                                          OF TORNADO

0220 AM    1W CLEVELAND              MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   BOLIVAR                        EMA REPORTS TORNADO HAS
                                          DESTROYED 2 HOUSES.

0445 AM    ISOLA                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01   HUMPHREYS                      NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN AND 2
                                          BUSINESS/BUILDINGS
                                          DAMAGED REPORTED BY EMA

0451 AM    BOLTON                    MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   HINDS                          REPORTED BY HINDS COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0515 AM    POCAHANTAS                MS   2.75 INCH HAIL
11/24/01   HINDS                          JACKSON/HINDS EOC REPORT

0525 AM    2NW MADISON               MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   MADISON                        POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
                                          CYPRUS LAKE SUBDIVISION
                                          REPORTED BY S.O.

0528 AM    4NW MADISON               MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   MADISON                        *** 1 INJ ***
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH
                                          SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
                                          HOMES REPORTED BY MADISON
                                          COUNTY S.O.

Local storm report, Nov 24, 6:42 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
642 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 AM    3SE UTICA                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01   HINDS                          TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
                                          27

Local storm report, Nov 24, 8:15 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
815 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 AM    3NW MADISON                 MS   TORNADO
11/24/01   MADISON                          *** 18 INJ ***
                                            POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH
                                            60 HOMES DAMAGED OR
                                            DESTROYED REPORTED BY
                                            MADISON COUNTY S.O.

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, 5:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	35 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, 9:33 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.