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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS

February 24, 2001East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2001, 11:12 PM CST for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2001, 11:12 PM CST (05:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2001, 11:45 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 999 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 420 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
420 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
13.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 250517
TORJAN

LAC035-MSC055-250545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...RETRANSMISSION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1112 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1112 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER EAST CARROLL PARISH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL EAST CARROLL PARISH 
 REMAIN OVER RURAL ISSAQUENA COUNTY 

RADAR SHOWS STRONGO SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING - TAKE COVER
NOW

LAT...LON 3281 9120 3302 9098 3301 9125 3295 9130
          3288 9131

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 6:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRichland29 min
Feb 24, 7:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRichland36 min
Feb 24, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse42 min
Feb 24, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRichland, West Carroll24 min
Feb 24, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll34 min
Feb 24, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison30 min
Feb 24, 11:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll51 min
Feb 24, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Washington43 min
Feb 24, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah48 min
Feb 24, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower32 min
Feb 24, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey46 min
Feb 24, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Washington34 min
Feb 24, 7:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower46 min
Feb 24, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin34 min
Feb 24, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys17 min
Feb 24, 8:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin35 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore30 min
Feb 24, 8:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada51 min
Feb 24, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANScott28 min
Feb 24, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott28 min
Feb 24, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower35 min
Feb 24, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba35 min
Feb 24, 10:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba49 min
Feb 24, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower27 min
Feb 24, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston45 min
Feb 24, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower, Washington45 min
Feb 24, 11:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes39 min
Feb 24, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington34 min
Feb 25, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo43 min
Feb 25, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey43 min
Feb 25, 12:36 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes24 min
Feb 25, 12:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala28 min
Feb 25, 1:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw25 min
Feb 25, 3:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones37 min
Feb 25, 3:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke32 min

Nearby

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Sources

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.