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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 2001Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2001, 4:31 PM CDT for Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2001, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2001-04-14Temperature 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 2001-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 142132
TORJAN
MSC089-121-142200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
431 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER MADISON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR RESEVOIR NEAR 435PM
  BE NEAR FANIN NEAR 445 PM

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

LAT...LON 3251 9022 3238 9007o 3262 8974 3278 8993

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott48 min
Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison25 min
Apr 14, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott26 min
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton51 min
Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.