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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS

November 29, 2001Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2001, 11:04 AM CST for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 29, 2001, 11:04 AM CST (17:04 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2001, 11:45 AM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Leake County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

915 
WFUS54 KJAN 291705
TORJAN
MSC079-291745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1104 AM CST THU NOV 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 1104 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR CARTHAGE AT 1115 AM CST

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. 
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

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 3253 8975 3245 8956 3289 8933 3292 8949

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, 10:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	34 min
Nov 29, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	16 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

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.