Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 7:44 PM CST (01:44 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 8:30 PM CST

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

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WFUS54 KJAN 250145
TORJAN
MSC083-133-250230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 744 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INVERNESS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF
  BELZONI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR INVERNESS AT 800 PM CST
  BE NEAR MOORHEAD AT 810 PM CST
  BE NEAR ITTA BENA AT 820 PM CST
  BE NEAR GREENWOOD AT 830 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

DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
CANNOT GET UNDERGROUND...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS

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LAT...LON 3366 9009 3377 9017 3380 9021 3378 9026
          3378 9019 3372 9016 3372 9031 3328 9073
          3328 9056 3334 9055 3334 9046 3327 9045
          3358 9009

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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.