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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Jackson, MS

October 13, 2001Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2001, 7:59 AM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Oct 13, 2001, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2001, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Scott County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2001-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 425 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 2001-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

511 
WFUS54 KJAN 131300
TORJAN
MSC123-131330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
759 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 759 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A ROTATING STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME  8     
  MILES SOUTH OF FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR FOREST AT 805 AM CDT

DO NOT WAIT...GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU 
AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3226 8957 3225 8942 3241 8933 3248 8944

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington53 min
Oct 13, 7:35 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith25 min
Oct 13, 7:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren33 min
Oct 13, 8:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah35 min
Oct 13, 8:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin43 min
Oct 13, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams33 min
Oct 13, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson33 min
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo30 min
Oct 13, 9:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin50 min
Oct 13, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren29 min
Oct 13, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo52 min
Oct 13, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds57 min
Oct 13, 9:34 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson41 min
Oct 13, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson35 min
Oct 13, 9:44 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln46 min
Oct 13, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne26 min
Oct 13, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha44 min
Oct 13, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay46 min
Oct 13, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds49 min
Oct 13, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah45 min
Oct 13, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest55 min
Oct 13, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion37 min
Oct 13, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison54 min
Oct 13, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Oct 13, 11:06 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin24 min
Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln50 min
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke43 min
Oct 13, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes49 min
Oct 13, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson56 min
Oct 13, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin51 min
Oct 13, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke57 min
Oct 13, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion44 min
Oct 13, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar25 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott, Smith59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMarion29 min
Oct 13, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones55 min
Oct 13, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion47 min
Oct 13, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClay32 min
Oct 13, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper66 min
Oct 13, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest39 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery2 hr
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Neshoba, Winston64 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton64 min
Oct 13, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper31 min
Oct 13, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones39 min
Oct 13, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster41 min
Oct 13, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha51 min
Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Oct 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper66 min
Oct 13, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay46 min
Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones29 min
Oct 13, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper56 min
Oct 13, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper24 min
Oct 13, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest37 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones34 min
Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale57 min
Oct 13, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Clay, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Kemper and 8 more119 min
Oct 13, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay25 min
Oct 13, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee34 min
Oct 13, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke44 min
Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke36 min
Oct 13, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest113 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.