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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Jackson, MS

July 7, 2002Copiah County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2002, 5:42 PM CDT for Copiah County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 7, 2002, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2002, 6:25 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Copiah County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 6:32 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 ESBrookhaven, MSSeveral streets in the city were blocked by numerous trees, limbs, and powerlines.
Jul 7, 6:34 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBrookhaven, MSA top of tree fell on a house, resulting in minor damage.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2002-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2930 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 2002-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
2930 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 072242
SVRJAN
MSC029-085-072325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
542 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 625 PM CDT

* AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
HAZLEHURST...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR BEAUREGARD AT 600 PM CDT
  BE NEAR WESSON AT 605 PM CDT
  BE NEAR BROOKHAVEN AT 615 PM CDT

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3171 9019 3183 9018 3164 9063 3142 9062

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion32 min
Jul 7, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln24 min
Jul 7, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton25 min
Jul 7, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence23 min
Jul 7, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper42 min
Jul 7, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton29 min
Jul 7, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones43 min
Jul 7, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith44 min
Jul 7, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin38 min
Jul 7, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest25 min
Jul 7, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington38 min
Jul 7, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest46 min
Jul 7, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin45 min
Jul 7, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis41 min
Jul 7, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar28 min
Jul 7, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion60 min
Jul 7, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence45 min
Jul 7, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson44 min
Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis32 min
Jul 7, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMarion30 min
Jul 7, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin45 min
Jul 7, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln43 min
Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah29 min
Jul 7, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds41 min
Jul 7, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln43 min
Jul 7, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin31 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.