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Tornado Warning 164, NWS Jackson, MS

December 12, 2001Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 12, 2001, 4:50 PM CST for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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
Dec 12, 2001, 4:50 PM CST (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Dec 12, 2001, 5:45 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 12, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2001-12-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-12-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

820 
WFUS54 KJAN 122250
TORJAN
MSC089-163-122345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
450 PM CST WED DEC 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 450 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF FLORA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
  CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR FLORA AT 455 PM CST

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER
NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3260 9048 3247 9035 3266 8995 3287 9003

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 12:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington2 hr
Dec 12, 3:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington2 hr
Dec 12, 3:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren55 min
Dec 12, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren45 min
Dec 12, 4:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds34 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.