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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 502, NWS Jackson, MS

November 11, 2002Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 2002, 1:17 AM CST for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2002, 1:17 AM CST (07:17 UTC)
Expired: Nov 11, 2002, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

Did it verify

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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 10, 9:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 9958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -593 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 10, 10:51 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 10:51 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

ON SATELLITE STRONG SHORT WAVE PUSH TOWARD THE NORTHWEST DELTA.
GOOD JET DYNAMICS HAS MOVED TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST SECTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY AREA RADARS SHOWING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT REGION. ON THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
PUSHING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST DELTA. HAVE ADJUSTED ZONES FOR THE
TORNADO WATCHES IN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. ALSO HAVE TONE DOWN
THE WORDING AND POPS FOR AREA OUTSIDE THE WATCHES. HAVE SHOWERS
ONLY GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT.

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

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FXUS64 KJAN 110451 AAA
AFDJAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1050 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

ON SATELLITE STRONG SHORT WAVE PUSH TOWARD THE NORTHWEST DELTA.
GOOD JET DYNAMICS HAS MOVED TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST SECTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY AREA RADARS SHOWING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT REGION. ON THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
PUSHING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST DELTA. HAVE ADJUSTED ZONES FOR THE
TORNADO WATCHES IN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. ALSO HAVE TONE DOWN
THE WORDING AND POPS FOR AREA OUTSIDE THE WATCHES. HAVE SHOWERS
ONLY GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT.

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 11:19 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
111200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1119 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER EAST AND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY ALONG A LINE FROM
MERIDIAN TO BAY SPRINGS TO MONTICELLO.

WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THE REGION
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE BOUNDARY INTERACTS WITH THE MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

FOR AREAS ALONG A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO JACKSON TO
NATCHEZ...SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP ALONG OLD THUNDERSTORM BOUNDARIES. OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA EARLY MONDAY...AS THE
SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE AREA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.

FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EXPECT MILD AND PLEASANT
CONDITIONS. RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 10, 8:40 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
840 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    SHELBY                    MS   0.25 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   BOLIVAR                        REPORTED BY BOLIVAR
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0545 PM    KOSCIUSKO                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   ATTALA                         TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR
                                          FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING IN
                                          KOSCIUSKO.  REPORTED BY
                                          POLICE.

0558 PM    KOSCIUSKO                 MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   ATTALA                         HIGHWAY 45 IN DOWNTOWN
                                          KOSCIUSKO REPORTED BY
                                          HAMM RADIO OPERATOR.

0600 PM    SNYDER                    AR   0.25 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   ASHLEY                         REPORTED BY ASHLEY
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0600 PM    KOSCIUSKO                 MS   60 MPH WIND GUST
11/10/02   ATTALA                         1.00 INCH HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY MEDIA/STORM CHASER

0620 PM    KOSCIUSKO                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   ATTALA                         POWERLINES DOWN AT THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF LOVE ROAD
                                          AND HUNTINGTON STREET
                                          REPORTED BY HAMM RADIO
                                          OPERATORS.

0735 PM    3E COLUMBUS               MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   LOWNDES                        POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
                                          INJURIES. POSSIBLE
                                          TORNADO. REPORTED BY
                                          LOWNDES COUNTY EMA.

0754 PM    3S ETHEL                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   ATTALA                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
                                          HIGHWAY 14 REPORTED BY
                                          ATTALA COUNTY EMA.

Local storm report, Nov 10, 10:47 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1047 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    8S KOSCIUSKO              MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   ATTALA                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
                                          HIGHWAY 43.
                                          ONE TREE FELL
                                          ON HOUSE.REPORTED BY
                                          ATTALA COUNTY EMA.

0720 PM    MAYHEW                    MS   1.25 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   LOWNDES                        REPORTED NEAR THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
                                          82 AND 45 BY
                                          MEDIA/SPOTTER TEAM.

0735 PM    SATARTIA                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   YAZOO                          LARGE TREE FELLED BY
                                          WINDS ACROSS MAIN
                                          STREET
                                          CAUSED A ONE CAR
                                          ACCIDENT.  MANY OTHER
                                          TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN
                                          IN AREA.  REPORTED BY
                                          YAZOO COUNTY EMA.

0755 PM    COLUMBUS                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   LOWNDES                        NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN. ROOFS
                                          BLOWN OFF SEVERAL
                                          HOMES.
                                          OTHER BUILDING
                                          DAMAGE AS WELL.  REPORTED
                                          BY LOWNDES COUNTY EMA.

0758 PM    THOMASTOWN                MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   LEAKE                          NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          ROOFING
                                          DAMAGED ON HOMES.
                                          NEAR HIGHWAY 429.
                                          REPORTED BY LEAKE COUNTY
                                          EMA.

0800 PM    8S KOSCIUSKO              MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   ATTALA                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
                                          HIGHWAY 43. REPORTED BY
                                          ATTALA COUNTY EMA.

0803 PM    EDWARDS                   MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   HINDS                          REPORTED BY HAMM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0803 PM                              MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   HINDS                          REPORTED NEAR BROWNSVILLE
                                          BY HAMM RADIO OPERATOR.

0810 PM                              MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   NOXUBEE                        POWERLINES DOWN AROUND
                                          THE BROOKSVILLE AND MACON
                                          COMMUNITIES. REPORTED BY
                                          NOXUBEE COUNTY 911.

Local storm report, Nov 10, 11:23 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1123 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0725 PM                              MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   MADISON                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON
                                          NATCHEZ TRACE. REPORTED
                                          MY HAMM OPERATOR KD5HZD.

0840 PM    9W LOUISVILLE             MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   WINSTON                        NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
                                          BARN AND MOBILE HOME
                                          DAMAGE. MINOR INJURY WHEN
                                          TREE FELL ON TRUCK,
                                          DRIVER INJURED. REPORTED
                                          BY WINSTON COUNTY 911.

0900 PM    5N RALEIGH                MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   SMITH                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          PARALLEL TO HWY. REPORTED
                                          BY HAMM OPERATOR KC5AHG.

Local storm report, Nov 10, 11:40 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0927 PM    STAR                      MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   RANKIN                         REPORTED BY HAMM OPERATOR
                                          KD5FWY

0925 PM    12W DE KALB               MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/02   KEMPER                         STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
                                          REPORTED BY HAMM OPERATOR
                                          AC5PC.

0853 PM    LEESBURG                  MS   0.25 INCH HAIL
11/10/02   RANKIN                         REPORTED BY HAMM
                                          OPERATOR KDSDTJ.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 6:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	22 min
Nov 10, 6:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	28 min
Nov 10, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	31 min
Nov 10, 6:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	32 min
Nov 10, 6:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	45 min
Nov 10, 6:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	21 min
Nov 10, 6:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw	28 min
Nov 10, 7:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	29 min
Nov 10, 7:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha	26 min
Nov 10, 7:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	50 min
Nov 10, 7:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	19 min
Nov 10, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	32 min
Nov 10, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	39 min
Nov 10, 7:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Oktibbeha	19 min
Nov 10, 7:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	20 min
Nov 10, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	14 min
Nov 10, 7:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	46 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	26 min
Nov 10, 7:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	20 min
Nov 10, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	23 min
Nov 10, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	31 min
Nov 10, 8:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	27 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	26 min
Nov 10, 8:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	32 min
Nov 10, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	25 min
Nov 10, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	22 min
Nov 10, 8:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	39 min
Nov 10, 8:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	46 min
Nov 10, 8:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	29 min
Nov 10, 8:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	28 min
Nov 10, 8:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	28 min
Nov 10, 9:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	28 min
Nov 10, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	44 min
Nov 10, 9:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	39 min
Nov 10, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	15 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	28 min
Nov 10, 9:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	17 min
Nov 10, 9:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	39 min
Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	16 min
Nov 10, 11:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	43 min
Nov 11, 12:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	49 min
Nov 11, 12:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	20 min
Nov 11, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	28 min
Nov 10, 6:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	25 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.