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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2001, 9:00 AM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo 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
- Oct 13, 2001, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2001, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 8:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
114 WFUS54 KJAN 131400 TORJAN MSC089-163-131430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 900 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER BENTONIA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... REMAIN OVER RURAL YAZOO COUNTY REMAIN OVER RURAL MADISON COUNTY IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3271 9055 3259 9039 3275 8991 3293 9007
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 7:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 31 min |
| Oct 13, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 57 min |
| Oct 13, 9:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 9:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 54 min |
| Oct 13, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 24 min |
| Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Simpson | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 51 min |
| Oct 13, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 57 min |
| Oct 13, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott, Smith | 59 min |
| Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 59 min |
| Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 66 min |
| Oct 13, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Neshoba, Winston | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 31 min |
| Oct 13, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 51 min |
| Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Oct 13, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 66 min |
| Oct 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 24 min |
| Oct 13, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 64 min |
| Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 57 min |
| Oct 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Clay, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Kemper and 8 more | 119 min |
| Oct 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 113 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.