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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS

April 8, 2002Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2002, 1:16 PM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
Apr 8, 2002, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2002, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Simpson County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 1:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindD Lo, MSSeveral trees were blown down from Jupitor Rd to near Campbell Creek Rd north of the Strong River.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -226 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 081816
TORJAN
MSC127-081845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
116 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BRAXTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENDENHALL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

LAT...LON 3189 8993 3201 9007 3205 8973

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison29 min
Apr 8, 5:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin47 min
Apr 8, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln43 min
Apr 8, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson45 min
Apr 8, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith54 min
Apr 8, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee27 min
Apr 8, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln49 min
Apr 8, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence35 min
Apr 8, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson26 min
Apr 8, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion25 min
Apr 8, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion23 min
Apr 8, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson33 min
Apr 8, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott28 min
Apr 8, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis24 min
Apr 8, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington37 min
Apr 8, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston28 min
Apr 8, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith35 min
Apr 8, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton27 min
Apr 8, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper36 min
Apr 8, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale22 min
Apr 8, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar33 min
Apr 8, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar31 min
Apr 8, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones29 min
Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha34 min
Apr 8, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest33 min
Apr 8, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee29 min
Apr 8, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale27 min
Apr 8, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes13 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.