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Tornado Warning 150, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2001, 10:56 AM CST for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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 29, 2001, 10:56 AM CST (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2001, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Scott County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 11:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 78 E | Countywide, MS | A severe thunderstorm produced winds estimated up to 90 mph, causing widespread damage across mainly the northwestern half of the county. An NWS survey team determined the widespread damage was from straight-line winds. Damage produced by the storm included fo |
| Nov 29, 11:12 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 78 E | Lena, MS | A severe thunderstorm produced winds of up to 90 mph in southwestern portions of the county. An NWS survey team determined the damage was due to straight-line winds. Total damage produced by the wind included one mobile homes and seven businesses destroyed. Fi |
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 29, 8:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
028 WFUS54 KJAN 291657 TORJAN MSC123-291730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1056 AM CST THU NOV 29 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1130 AM CST * AT 1056 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... REMAIN OVER RURAL SCOTT COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER NOW 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 3236 8986 3224 8971 3252 8932 3269 8952
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 10:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 43 min |
| Nov 28, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Nov 28, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Nov 28, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 12:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Nov 29, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 32 min |
| Nov 29, 4:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 34 min |
| Nov 29, 8:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 8:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 8:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 10:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Nov 29, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 53 min |
| Nov 29, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 10:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 53 min |
| Nov 29, 10:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 49 min |
| Nov 29, 10:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 16 min |
| Nov 29, 11:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 34 min |
| Nov 29, 11:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 43 min |
| Nov 29, 11:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 11:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Nov 29, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 59 min |
| Nov 29, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 50 min |
| Nov 29, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 12:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 33 min |
| Nov 29, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 35 min |
| Nov 29, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 33 min |
| Nov 29, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 31 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.