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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 488, NWS Jackson, MS

November 10, 2002Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2002, 7:49 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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
Nov 10, 2002, 7:49 PM CST (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 8:35 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hinds County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2527 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.3
Supercell composite
17.6

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The text

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

918 
WUUS54 KJAN 110149
SVRJAN
MSC049-110235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
749 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 835 PM CST

* AT 749 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOLTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  WEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR POCAHANTAS AT 800 PM CST

WINDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3245 9062 3228 9056 3235 9014 3248 9031

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes22 min
Nov 10, 6:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Winston28 min
Nov 10, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha31 min
Nov 10, 6:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha32 min
Nov 10, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo45 min
Nov 10, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston21 min
Nov 10, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw28 min
Nov 10, 7:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes29 min
Nov 10, 7:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Oktibbeha26 min
Nov 10, 7:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Leake, Madison50 min
Nov 10, 7:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston19 min
Nov 10, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington32 min
Nov 10, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo39 min
Nov 10, 7:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Oktibbeha19 min
Nov 10, 7:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes20 min
Nov 10, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston14 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes26 min
Nov 10, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne20 min
Nov 10, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee23 min
Nov 10, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake31 min
Nov 10, 8:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake27 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston26 min
Nov 10, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison32 min
Nov 10, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah25 min
Nov 10, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah22 min
Nov 10, 8:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Winston39 min
Nov 10, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin46 min
Nov 10, 8:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah29 min
Nov 10, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds28 min
Nov 10, 8:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin28 min
Nov 10, 9:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper28 min
Nov 10, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson44 min
Nov 10, 9:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson39 min
Nov 10, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper15 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith28 min
Nov 10, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba17 min
Nov 10, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba39 min
Nov 10, 10:34 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper16 min
Nov 10, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion43 min
Nov 11, 12:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones49 min
Nov 11, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones20 min
Nov 11, 1:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar28 min
Nov 11, 5:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest28 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.