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Tornado Warning 157, NWS Jackson, MS

November 29, 2001Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2001, 12:52 PM CST for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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 29, 2001, 12:52 PM CST (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2001, 1:30 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kemper County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 29, 8:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 29, 12:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 12:00Z on 2001-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 235 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 12:00Z on 2001-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

688 
WFUS54 KJAN 291852
TORJAN
MSC069-291930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1252 PM CST THU NOV 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1252 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER LAUDERDALE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MERIDIAN STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3298 8834 3259 8844 3258 8872

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 10:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams3 hr
Nov 28, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams43 min
Nov 28, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin33 min
Nov 28, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson37 min
Nov 28, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah45 min
Nov 29, 12:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Nov 29, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin27 min
Nov 29, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin32 min
Nov 29, 4:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw34 min
Nov 29, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Simpson45 min
Nov 29, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln45 min
Nov 29, 8:57 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson48 min
Nov 29, 10:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence34 min
Nov 29, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion53 min
Nov 29, 10:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis48 min
Nov 29, 10:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith53 min
Nov 29, 10:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest49 min
Nov 29, 10:56 AM CSTTornado WarningJANScott34 min
Nov 29, 10:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay16 min
Nov 29, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake41 min
Nov 29, 11:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar34 min
Nov 29, 11:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton43 min
Nov 29, 11:22 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala38 min
Nov 29, 11:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJones51 min
Nov 29, 11:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston59 min
Nov 29, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw50 min
Nov 29, 11:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster38 min
Nov 29, 12:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Nov 29, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale47 min
Nov 29, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston45 min
Nov 29, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha33 min
Nov 29, 12:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Nov 29, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay35 min
Nov 29, 12:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee33 min
Nov 29, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.