Severe Thunderstorm Warning 443, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Aug 20, 2002, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2002, 2:35 PM CDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, MS

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

865 
WUUS54 KJAN 201854
SVRJAN
MSC129-201935-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
152 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 235 PM CDT

* AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SMITH COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF 
RALEIGH. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR RALEIGH BY 215 PM CDT


WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3203 8944 3214 8958 3223 8951 3222 8933
          3211 8933

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 20, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
ISSUED BY NWS SHREVEPORT LA
1015 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002

FORECAST PROBLEM THIS PACKAGE...
TEMPERATURES IN THE SHORT TERM
RAIN CHANCES THIS WEEKEND

NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NEEDED TO THE CURRENT ZONES FORECAST. WINDS
ARE LIGHT FROM THE NORTH...BUT THE SPEEDS ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH
TO WARRANT AN UPDATE OF THE ZONES AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FOR ANY CHANGES NEEDED PRIOR TO NEXT ZONE PACKAGE.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOLLOW BELOW.

FCSTIDS = 10/36
JAN   93  73  93  73 /  20  10  20  20
MEI   93  71  92  72 /  30  20  20  20

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

In the hours before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
202000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
ISSUED BY NWS SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA.

A VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE...COMBINE THAT WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT...AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOWER 90S. INSTABILITY
WILL BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO ALLOW A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE. THE MOST FAVORABLE LOCATION FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JONESVILLE LOUISIANA TO JACKSON TO MERIDIAN
MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 AND 7
PM...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH BEING THE MAIN CONCERN.

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.