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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Jackson, MS

July 22, 2002Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 3:32 PM CDT for Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2002, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 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.

156 
WUUS54 KJAN 222032
SVRJAN
MSC127-129-222115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
332 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF RALEIGH TO 5   
MILES SOUTH OF BRAXTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL...
  BE NEAR DLO AT 335 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MENDENHALL AT 340 PM CDT
  
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND 
TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3218 8937 3198 9015 3178 9005 3194 8936

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	45 min
Jul 22, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	43 min
Jul 22, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	41 min
Jul 22, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	46 min
Jul 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	44 min
Jul 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	40 min
Jul 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	45 min
Jul 22, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	45 min
Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	42 min
Jul 22, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery	50 min
Jul 22, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	46 min
Jul 22, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	43 min
Jul 22, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	47 min
Jul 22, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	44 min
Jul 22, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	42 min
Jul 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	46 min
Jul 22, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	44 min
Jul 22, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.