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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

January 24, 2002Jasper County, Newton County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2002, 3:33 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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
Jan 24, 2002, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 4:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS, Smith County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 24, 4:00 PM CSTThunderstorm WindHeidelberg, MSSeveral trees were blown down in and near town.
Jan 24, 4:05 PM CSTThunderstorm WindBethel, MSSeveral trees were blown down on Highway 15 South in Bethel.

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
Jan 24, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 242133
SVRJAN
MSC061-101-129-242215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 330 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES WEST OF MERIDIAN TO   
  17 MILES EAST OF MAGEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.


WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF 
THE WARNED COUNTIES...WHICH WILL DOWN TREES... AND POWER LINES.

LAT...LON 3248 8902 3184 8964 3186 8897 3226 8894

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 3:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar27 min
Jan 24, 6:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower3 hr
Jan 24, 6:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada3 hr
Jan 24, 7:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeflore3 hr
Jan 24, 8:10 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Jan 24, 8:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar3 hr
Jan 24, 8:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll3 hr
Jan 24, 9:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower3 hr
Jan 24, 10:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada3 hr
Jan 24, 11:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Jan 24, 11:39 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes51 min
Jan 24, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala49 min
Jan 24, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison42 min
Jan 24, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin59 min
Jan 24, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake34 min
Jan 24, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah49 min
Jan 24, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Simpson, Smith54 min
Jan 24, 2:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson29 min
Jan 24, 2:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton35 min
Jan 24, 2:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton35 min
Jan 24, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln32 min
Jan 24, 3:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Marion, Smith25 min
Jan 24, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Smith23 min
Jan 24, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale50 min
Jan 24, 3:16 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson29 min
Jan 24, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar36 min
Jan 24, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln39 min
Jan 24, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones32 min
Jan 24, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper40 min
Jan 24, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale33 min

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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.