Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 132, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 10:50 AM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2001, 10:50 AM CST (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2001, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Clarke County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Quitman, MS | This weak tornado caused minor damage to a house and blew down several trees during its brief path from 12 miles northeast of Quitman to 12.5 miles northeast of Quitman. |
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.
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, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875 WFUS54 KJAN 241650 TORJAN MSC023-241715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1050 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1130 AM CST * AT 1050 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF QUITMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... REMAIN OVER RURAL CLARKE COUNTY IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. LAT...LON 3205 8876 3190 8864 3206 8845 3222 8864
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, 9:22 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, 10:54 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 |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.