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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS

April 3, 2001Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 6:05 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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: Apr 3, 2001, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2001, 6:40 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clarke County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 6:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Shubuta, MS	A few trees were blown down along County Road 250 in a rural area west of Shubuta.

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
Apr 3, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 032305
TORJAN
MSC023-032340-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
605 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 640 PM CDT

* AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHUBUTA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF QUITMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR SHUBUTA AT 630 PM CDT

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW!

LARGE HAIL AND SATRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3201 8888 3185 8892 3184 8867 3198 8864

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	47 min
Apr 3, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	39 min
Apr 3, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	17 min
Apr 3, 9:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	65 min
Apr 3, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	25 min
Apr 3, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	48 min
Apr 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	28 min
Apr 3, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	44 min
Apr 3, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	29 min
Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	35 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.