Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 9:15 PM CST

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Scott 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 250249
TORJAN
MSC123-250315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 847 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF MORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  PASS NEAR FORKVILLE AND HILLSBORO AT 900 PM
  AND NEAR HARPERVILLE AT 910 PM
  AND THEN REMAIN OVER RURAL SCOTT COUNTY 

THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW

THIS STORM SHOWS STRONG ROTATION AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
TIME. DO NOT WAIT...GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN
YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.