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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 19, 2002Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2002, 11:12 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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
Jan 19, 2002, 11:12 AM CST (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2002, 11:30 AM CST
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jones County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 19, 11:15 AM CSTThunderstorm WindOvett, MSSeveral trees were blown down across the southeast portion of the county.

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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2002-01-19Temperature 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 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 2002-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 191712 CCA
SVRJAN
MSC067-191730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1109 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 1109 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PETAL...MOVING NORTHEAST  
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR OVETT AT 1120 AM. 

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3144 8928 3144 8910 3145 8894 3160 8894

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 10:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar27 min
Jan 19, 11:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones20 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.