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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Jackson, MS

May 17, 2002Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2002, 4:35 PM CDT for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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
May 17, 2002, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2002, 5:20 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 4:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSoso, MSLarge limbs were blown down in the area.
May 17, 4:50 PM CDTThunderstorm WindLaurel, MSNumerous trees were blown down in the area.
May 17, 5:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindLaurel, MSNumerous trees were blown down in the area.

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 nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2002-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 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 2002-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 172135
SVRJAN
MSC061-067-172215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
434 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 520 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOSO...MOVING EAST AT   
  45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR SOSO AT 440 PM CDT
  BE NEAR LAUREL AT 450 PM CDT
  BE NEAR SANDERSVILLE AT 500 PM CDT
  BE NEAR HEIDELBERG AT 505 PM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. MOBILE 
HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH 
WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED.

LAT...LON 3193 8931 3159 8939 3163 8893 3179 8893
          3199 8898

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis31 min
May 17, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith35 min
May 17, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin41 min
May 17, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson46 min
May 17, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds38 min
May 17, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds28 min
May 17, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke34 min
May 17, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin43 min
May 17, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison39 min
May 17, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds32 min
May 17, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar47 min
May 17, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar46 min
May 17, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith39 min
May 17, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest52 min
May 17, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke33 min
May 17, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke32 min
May 17, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Lauderdale, Newton57 min
May 17, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba47 min
May 17, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke13 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.