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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2001Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2001, 5:58 PM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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
Feb 24, 2001, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2001, 6:30 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ashley County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 6:30 PM CSTTornado F0Lake Vlg, ARAn F0 tornado was sited on the ground briefly in open country.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 242358
TORJAN
ARC003-250030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 558 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF PARKDALE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
  WILMOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR PORTLAND AT 605 PM CST
  BE NEAR MONTROSE AT 610 PM CST

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

84

LAT...LON 3311 9179 3302 9162 3318 9146 3338 9146
          3338 9156

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAshley35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.