Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2002, 2:06 PM CST for Scott County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports 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
- Jan 24, 2002, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2002, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendenhall, MS | Three large trees were blown down in town. |
| Jan 24, 2:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Raleigh, MS | Several trees were knocked down north of Raleigh. |
| Jan 24, 2:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 69 E | Countywide, MS | A line of severe thunderstorms with destructive, straight-line winds moved through the county. The communities of Forest and Morton were particularly hit hard with winds estimated to be 80 to 90 mph. A total of 3 homes sustained major damage with 27 other hom |
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KJAN 242006
SVRJAN
MSC123-127-129-242100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
204 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 300 PM CST
* AT 204 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CARTHAGE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE HAS
OCCURED IN HINDS COUNTY...AND WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE WARNED
COUNTIES AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVE THROUGH. TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING BEFORE THE LINE OF STORMS REACH YOU. VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3254 8970 3207 8972 3201 9019 3179 9008
3184 8934 3257 8936The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 27 min |
| Jan 24, 6:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 7:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 51 min |
| Jan 24, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 42 min |
| Jan 24, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 59 min |
| Jan 24, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Jan 24, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jan 24, 3:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Marion, Smith | 25 min |
| Jan 24, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 23 min |
| Jan 24, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Jan 24, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Jan 24, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 36 min |
| Jan 24, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Smith | 42 min |
| Jan 24, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jan 24, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Jan 24, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 33 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.