Tornado Warning 50, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 12, 2001, 10:28 AM CST (16:28 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2001, 11:00 AM CST

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar 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 121630
TORJAN
MSC035-073-121700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1028 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1028 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO APPROACHING LUMBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL FORREST COUNTY CROSSING HIGHWAY 59 

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LAT...LON 3106 8951 3089 8945 3102 8891 3123 8899

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.