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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 2001Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2001, 1:09 PM CST for Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
Mar 2, 2001, 1:09 PM CST (19:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2001, 2:00 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Covington County, MS, Jones County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 11:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 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 021910
TORJAN
MSC031-067-022000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
109 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 109 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
SHOULD PASS BETWEEN SOSO AND LAUREL BY 130 PM.

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

76

LAT...LON 3149 8953 3172 8924 3180 8930 3178 8951
          3161 8969 3156 8961 3152 8959

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion51 min
Mar 1, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion49 min
Mar 1, 7:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams3 hr
Mar 1, 7:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar33 min
Mar 1, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Jones40 min
Mar 1, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln45 min
Mar 1, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones34 min
Mar 1, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington46 min
Mar 1, 9:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones29 min
Mar 1, 10:18 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence117 min
Mar 2, 1:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion3 hr
Mar 2, 1:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Jefferson3 hr
Mar 2, 11:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson3 hr
Mar 2, 11:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson3 hr
Mar 2, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis34 min
Mar 2, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington25 min
Mar 2, 1:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith3 hr
Mar 2, 2:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion29 min
Mar 2, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper41 min
Mar 2, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion35 min
Mar 2, 2:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln92 min
Mar 2, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar56 min
Mar 2, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke25 min
Mar 2, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest57 min
Mar 2, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones50 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion3 hr
Mar 2, 3:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams4 hr
Mar 2, 4:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln3 hr

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.