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Tornado Warning 145, NWS Jackson, MS

November 26, 2001Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 2001, 9:35 PM CST for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2001, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2001, 10:15 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Chicot County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 26, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2001-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1466 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2001-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 270337 CCA
TORJAN
ARC017-270415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
935 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001

CORRECTED COUNTY NAME IN TEXT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 935 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   TORNADO OVER CHICOT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
DERMOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL CHICOT COUNTY 

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO..TAKE COVER
NOW

LAT...LON 3356 9137 3351 9134 3351 9126 3355 9124
          3353 9120 3334 9145 3356 9144

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot46 min
Nov 26, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley64 min
Nov 26, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot49 min
Nov 26, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley62 min
Nov 26, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot41 min
Nov 26, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAshley3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.