Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 7:45 PM CST

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower 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 250113
TORJAN
MSC011-133-250145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 711 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS FROM RENOVA TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SHAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR CLEVELAND AT 725 PM CST
  BE NEAR BOYLE AT 730 PM CST
  BE NEAR SHAW AT 735 PM CST

MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT
SAFE!

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

6q5

LAT...LON 3393 9046 3384 9081 3354 9107 3354 9074

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.