Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 24, 2001, 9:17 PM CST (03:17 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2001, 9:45 PM CST

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Leake County, MS, 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 250319
TORJAN
MSC079-123-250345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 917 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR STANDING PINE AT 925 PM CST
  PASS JUST NORTH OF WALNUT GROVE AT 930 PM CST
  AND REACH THE MADDEN AREA AT 940 PM

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

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

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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LAT...LON 3249 8977 3236 8962 3260 8929 3276 8948

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.