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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS

October 11, 2001Humphreys County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 11, 2001, 2:49 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2001, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Humphreys County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 11, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.

785 
WFUS54 KJAN 111949
TORJAN
MSC053-112030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST HUMPHREYS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 
MILES NORTHWEST OF YAZOO   CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar36 min
Oct 11, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren57 min
Oct 11, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWarren44 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, 2:57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.