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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 552, NWS Jackson, MS

December 24, 2002Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 24, 2002, 2:02 AM CST for Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2002, 2:02 AM CST (08:02 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2002, 2:35 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Copiah County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 24, 2:20 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 70 MGHazlehurst, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 23, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2002-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
398 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.

111 
WUUS54 KJAN 240802
SVRJAN
MSC029-240835-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
201 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 235 AM CST

* AT 201 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING EAST AT 50 
MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR HAZLEHURST AT 225 AM CST
  BE NEAR CRYSTAL SPRINGS AT 230 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

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

LAT...LON 3191 9072 3174 9073 3178 9024 3204 9038

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 8:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar28 min
Dec 23, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest30 min
Dec 23, 9:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 7 more6 hr
Dec 23, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo43 min
Dec 23, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin29 min
Dec 23, 11:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin113 min
Dec 23, 11:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton30 min
Dec 24, 12:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson3 hr
Dec 24, 12:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion29 min
Dec 24, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest39 min
Dec 24, 1:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams38 min
Dec 24, 1:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin3 hr
Dec 24, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln28 min
Dec 24, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones31 min
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion4 hr
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson28 min
Dec 24, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson30 min
Dec 24, 1:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin35 min
Dec 24, 2:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke39 min
Dec 24, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest40 min
Dec 24, 2:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln38 min
Dec 24, 2:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke29 min
Dec 24, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds33 min
Dec 24, 2:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson32 min
Dec 24, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones30 min
Dec 24, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence30 min
Dec 24, 2:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis31 min
Dec 24, 2:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke17 min
Dec 24, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith29 min
Dec 24, 3:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion32 min
Dec 24, 3:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones30 min
Dec 24, 3:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar39 min
Dec 24, 3:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke42 min
Dec 24, 3:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest21 min
Dec 24, 4:02 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest18 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.