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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2001Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2001, 5:25 PM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. 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
Feb 24, 2001, 5:25 PM CST (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2001, 6:00 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2001-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2001-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 531 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-301 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
531 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
696 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 242325
TORJAN
ARC003-250000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 525 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH
  CROSSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR FOUNTAIN> HILL AT 545 PM CST

RADAR SHOWS STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING - TAKE COVER
NOW!

84

LAT...LON 3328 9210 3315 9195 3339 9162 3355 9181

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 5:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAshley32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.