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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS

April 8, 2002Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2002, 1:37 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2002, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Marion County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 2:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBassfield, MSA shed behind a daycare was completely destroyed. Many trees were blown down in and around town as well.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2002-04-08Temperature 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 2002-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -226 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 081837 CCA
SVRJAN
MSC065-091-081900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
134 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRENTISS    
  TO 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL...
  BE NEAR PRENTISS AT 142 PM CDT
  BE NEAR COLUMBIA...BASSFIELD AT 200 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WINDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3117 8999 3140 8995 3171 8996 3177 8976
          3162 8976 3157 8969 3125 8979

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison29 min
Apr 8, 5:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin47 min
Apr 8, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln43 min
Apr 8, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson45 min
Apr 8, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith54 min
Apr 8, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee27 min
Apr 8, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln49 min
Apr 8, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence35 min
Apr 8, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson26 min
Apr 8, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSimpson29 min
Apr 8, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion25 min
Apr 8, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson33 min
Apr 8, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott28 min
Apr 8, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis24 min
Apr 8, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington37 min
Apr 8, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston28 min
Apr 8, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith35 min
Apr 8, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton27 min
Apr 8, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper36 min
Apr 8, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale22 min
Apr 8, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar33 min
Apr 8, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar31 min
Apr 8, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones29 min
Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha34 min
Apr 8, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest33 min
Apr 8, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee29 min
Apr 8, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale27 min
Apr 8, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes13 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.