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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 2001Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2001, 11:08 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
May 28, 2001, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2001, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bolivar County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-331 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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 281609
TORJAN

MSC011-281645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1108 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF BENOIT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF
  GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR BENOIT AT 1120 AM CDT
  BE NEAR SHAW AT 1135 AM CDT
  BE NEAR BOYLE...CLEVELAND...RENOVA AT 1145 AM CDT

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED! TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3356 9111 3356 9074 3387 9065 3389 9093

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower40 min
May 27, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower28 min
May 28, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeflore117 min
May 28, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower23 min
May 28, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada40 min
May 28, 11:43 AM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower57 min
May 28, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin28 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower27 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper17 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.