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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 2002Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2002, 5:50 PM CST for Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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: Mar 30, 2002, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2002, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adams County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 1586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 302350
TORJAN
MSC001-063-310030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
550 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 550 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF NATCHEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR FAYETTE AT 625 PM CST

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 11:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	31 min
Mar 30, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	41 min
Mar 30, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	45 min
Mar 30, 11:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	38 min
Mar 30, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	45 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.