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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS

October 11, 2001Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 11, 2001, 1:01 PM CDT for Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
Oct 11, 2001, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2001, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Warren County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 11, 1:25 PM CDTTornado F0Tallulah, LAA tornado was spotted 10 miles east-southeast of Tallulah. The tornado touched down in open fields and then crossed the Mississippi River into Warren County, Mississippi.

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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2001-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 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.

627 
WFUS54 KJAN 111801
TORJAN
LAC065-107-MSC149-111845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
101 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH
  OF TALLULAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR VICKSBURG AT 140 PM CDT

MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOK FOR SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. OVERPASSES ARE NOT
SAFE

LAT...LON 3223 9127 3216 9118 3237 9073 3246 9105

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse40 min
Oct 11, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse31 min
Oct 11, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Tensas57 min
Oct 11, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar36 min
Oct 11, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena51 min
Oct 11, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower, Washington42 min
Oct 11, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey45 min
Oct 11, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo45 min
Oct 11, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys41 min
Oct 11, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes48 min
Oct 11, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis34 min
Oct 11, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson50 min
Oct 11, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo47 min
Oct 11, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison39 min
Oct 11, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala43 min
Oct 11, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah48 min
Oct 11, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin46 min
Oct 11, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake60 min
Oct 11, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin26 min
Oct 11, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala43 min
Oct 11, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah43 min
Oct 11, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln67 min
Oct 11, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Winston51 min
Oct 11, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin23 min
Oct 11, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott47 min
Oct 11, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay39 min
Oct 11, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha64 min
Oct 11, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba44 min
Oct 11, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis40 min
Oct 11, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston61 min
Oct 11, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes67 min
Oct 11, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis20 min
Oct 11, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee32 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.