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Tornado Warning 165, NWS Jackson, MS

December 13, 2001Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 13, 2001, 6:11 PM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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
Dec 13, 2001, 6:11 PM CST (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2001, 7:00 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 13, 6:22 PM CSTTornado F0Pocahontas, MSA brief tornado touchdown was seen across far northern portion of the county. Several powerlines were knocked down along highway 49.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 13, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 00:00Z on 2001-12-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2001-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 458 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
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
458 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
569 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

886 
WFUS54 KJAN 140011
TORJAN
MSC049-089-140100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
611 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 611 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF BOLTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR FLORA AT 620 PM CST
  BE NEAR CANTON AT 640 PM CST

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3248 9057 3233 9045 3267 8976 3288 8981
          3268 9009

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin62 min
Dec 13, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo45 min
Dec 13, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson47 min
Dec 13, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson41 min
Dec 13, 6:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin46 min
Dec 13, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes28 min
Dec 13, 6:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Scott66 min
Dec 13, 6:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake66 min
Dec 13, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion33 min
Dec 13, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala44 min
Dec 13, 7:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith38 min
Dec 13, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston46 min
Dec 13, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton46 min
Dec 13, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion50 min
Dec 13, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones45 min
Dec 13, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar47 min
Dec 13, 9:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar90 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.