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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 2001Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2001, 11:43 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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: May 28, 2001, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2001, 12:40 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 12:35 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Ruleville, MS	Several trees were blown down in a rural area.

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 nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 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.

998 
WFUS54 KJAN 281647
TORJAN
MSC011-133-281740-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1143 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1240 PM CDT

* AT 1143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF ROSEDALE TO      
  SHAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE  
  TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SUNFLOWER COUNTY. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS    
  AND SMALL TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS  
  IN BOLIVAR AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IN A STURDY    
  BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3389 9095 3353 9075 3363 9045 3399 9046

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	40 min
May 27, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	28 min
May 28, 1:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leflore	117 min
May 28, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	23 min
May 28, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	40 min
May 28, 11:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	37 min
May 28, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	28 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	27 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	17 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.