Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 7, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 ES | Morgantown, MS | Numerous trees were blown down in the area. |
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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 072245 TORJAN MSC091-072315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 545 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER COLUMBIA...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. LAT...LON 3128 8972 3141 8986 3124 9003 3111 8994
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.