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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS

March 1, 2001Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2001, 7:11 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2001, 7:11 PM CST (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2001, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Marion County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 1, 7:20 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Columbia, MS	Hail up to golfball size damaged roofs and cars in the community of Bunker Hill.

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 020113
TORJAN
MSC065-091-020200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
711 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 711 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REACH MORGANTOWN BY 720 PM CST
  REACH NORTHERN SECTIONS OF COLUMBIA BY 730 PM CST
  AND REMAIN OVER RURAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY 

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT O:F A TORNADO...DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW!

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 6:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	51 min
Mar 1, 7:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	3 hr
Mar 1, 7:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar	33 min
Mar 1, 7:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	40 min
Mar 1, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	45 min
Mar 1, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	34 min
Mar 1, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	46 min
Mar 1, 9:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	29 min
Mar 1, 10:18 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence	117 min
Mar 2, 1:05 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	3 hr
Mar 2, 1:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	3 hr
Mar 2, 11:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	3 hr
Mar 2, 11:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	3 hr
Mar 2, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	34 min
Mar 2, 12:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	25 min
Mar 2, 1:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	51 min
Mar 2, 1:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	3 hr
Mar 2, 2:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	29 min
Mar 2, 2:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	41 min
Mar 2, 2:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	35 min
Mar 2, 2:28 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	92 min
Mar 2, 2:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	56 min
Mar 2, 2:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	25 min
Mar 2, 2:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	57 min
Mar 2, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	50 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	3 hr
Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	4 hr
Mar 2, 4:05 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	3 hr

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