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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS

January 24, 2002Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2002, 3:18 AM CST for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
Jan 24, 2002, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 3:45 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 281 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
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 240918
SVRJAN
MSC011-240945-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 317 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
  ALLIGATOR TO 25 MILES WEST OF BENOIT.  THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING 
  EAST AT 20 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE MOVING 
  NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL...
  BE NEAR SHELBY...BEULAH AT 325 AM CST
  BE NEAR WINSTONVILLE AT 335 AM CST
  BE NEAR MOUND BAYOU...BENOIT...MERIGOLD...RENOVA AT 345 AM CST

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...AND TORRENTIAL 
RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER 
WHILE THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3411 9086 3356 9145 3355 9078 3380 9067
          3413 9065

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 3:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton, Smith42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.