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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 2002Holmes County, Humphreys County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2002, 11:14 PM CDT for Holmes County, Humphreys County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2002, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2002-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 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 2002-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
436 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 040414
TORJAN
MSC051-053-163-040500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1114 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  YAZOO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR YAZOO CITY AT 1120 PM CDT
  BE NEAR EDEN AT 1130 PM CDT
  BE NEAR LEXINGTON AT 1155 PM CDT

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3301 9063 3284 9059 3287 8999 3326 8992

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey39 min
May 3, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys50 min
May 3, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes64 min
May 4, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston34 min
May 4, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones36 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.