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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

March 12, 2001Clarke County, Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2001, 9:58 AM CST for Clarke County, Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2001, 9:58 AM CST (15:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2001, 10:45 AM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 12, 10:00 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Soso, MS	Numerous trees were blown down in northwestern portions of the county with minor damage to several structures.
Mar 12, 10:10 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Laurel, MS	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Many homes and cars were damaged by fallen trees. Several homes in the Moselle area had significant roof damage from the strong winds. People were trapped in a house trailer due to fallen trees. Several people we

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 499 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 534 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 121558
TORJAN
MSC023-061-067-121645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
958 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1045 AM CST

* AT 958 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER LAUREL...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAUREL...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR SANDERSVILLE AT 1005 AM CST
  BE NEAR HEIDELBERG AT 1010 AM CST
  BE NEAR QUITMAN AT 1025 AM CST

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LAT...LON 3192 8849 3211 8864 3203 8877 3198 8891
          3198 8889 3193 8914 3181 8932 3181 8922
          3176 8929 3162 8918 3173 8894 3185 8891
          3186 8862

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	24 min
Mar 12, 1:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	48 min
Mar 12, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Rankin, Simpson	46 min
Mar 12, 2:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	46 min
Mar 12, 2:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	48 min
Mar 12, 3:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	28 min
Mar 12, 3:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	52 min
Mar 12, 3:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	39 min
Mar 12, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	49 min
Mar 12, 3:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	40 min
Mar 12, 4:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	42 min
Mar 12, 4:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	39 min
Mar 12, 5:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	46 min
Mar 12, 5:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	51 min
Mar 12, 6:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	43 min
Mar 12, 7:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	28 min
Mar 12, 7:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	50 min
Mar 12, 7:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	50 min
Mar 12, 7:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	42 min
Mar 12, 7:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	39 min
Mar 12, 8:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	27 min
Mar 12, 8:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	39 min
Mar 12, 8:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	31 min
Mar 12, 8:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Lamar	29 min
Mar 12, 8:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar	36 min
Mar 12, 8:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	33 min
Mar 12, 8:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	43 min
Mar 12, 8:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	32 min
Mar 12, 9:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	37 min
Mar 12, 9:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	28 min
Mar 12, 9:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	35 min
Mar 12, 9:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	32 min
Mar 12, 9:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	30 min
Mar 12, 9:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	25 min
Mar 12, 9:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	39 min
Mar 12, 9:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	35 min
Mar 12, 9:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	44 min
Mar 12, 9:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	42 min
Mar 12, 10:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	45 min
Mar 12, 10:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	30 min
Mar 12, 10:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	57 min
Mar 12, 10:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	57 min
Mar 12, 10:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	24 min
Mar 12, 10:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.