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Tornado Warning 155, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2001, 11:40 AM CST for Choctaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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, 11:40 AM CST (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2001, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Choctaw County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 12:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Numerous large limbs were blown down across the county. |
| Nov 29, 12:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Numerous large limbs were blown down across the county. |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
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WFUS54 KJAN 291740
TORJAN
MSC019-291830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 AM CST THU NOV 29 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
* AT 1140 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ACKERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
BE NEAR ACKERMAN AT 1205 PM CST
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 3331 8943 3330 8928 3314 8929 3334 8909
3351 8922The 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, 11:04 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, 11:52 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.