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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Jackson, MS

May 30, 2001Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3101 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
3101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 310232
TORJAN
MSC011-151-310315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
931 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 23 MILES WEST OF 
  SHAW...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR LAMONT...WINTERVILLE AT 945 PM CDT
  BE NEAR SHAW AT 1015 PM CDT

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3367 9074 3363 9096 3362 9114 3357 9118
          3359 9122 3355 9122 3350 9112 3345 9112
          3347 9108 3347 9078 3363 9076 3363 9067
          3367 9067

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke29 min
May 30, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones25 min
May 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington48 min
May 30, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower47 min
May 30, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys29 min
May 30, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore43 min
May 30, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington26 min
May 30, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada37 min
May 30, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
May 30, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll40 min
May 30, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada15 min
May 30, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery49 min
May 31, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster43 min
May 31, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys26 min
May 31, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay46 min
May 31, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes25 min
May 31, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence28 min
May 31, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones41 min
May 31, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper43 min
May 31, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee27 min
May 31, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale53 min
May 31, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee29 min
May 31, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones34 min
May 31, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale32 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.