Tornado Warning 19, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 7:15 PM CST

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

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.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 250032
TORJAN
MSC011-151-250115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
632 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 632 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENOIT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF
  LAKE VILLAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR BENOIT AT 655 PM CST
  BE NEAR RENOVA AT 710 PM CST
  BE NEAR MOUND BAYOU...SHELBY AT 715 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!

65

LAT...LON 3408 9073 3400 9080 3386 9098 3377 9100
          3377 9107 3372 9108 3369 9104 3366 9112
          3357 D9118 3351 9117 3350 9112 3345 9112
          3379 9067 3402 9066

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.