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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS

June 7, 2001Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2001, 10:45 AM CDT for Franklin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 7, 2001, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2001, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Franklin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2001-06-07Temperature 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 2001-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 071546
TORJAN
MSC037-071615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1045 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF MEADVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF BUDE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE AT MEADVILLE NOW
  BE NEAR BUDE AT 1050 AM 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!

A TOTRNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3149 9113 3136 9098 3147 9063 3160 9064
          3161 9082

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin32 min
Jun 7, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson27 min
Jun 7, 1:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin2 hr
Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale40 min
Jun 7, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee29 min
Jun 7, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale14 min
Jun 7, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee29 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.