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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Jackson, MS

July 7, 2002Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2002, 8:10 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 7, 2002, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2002, 8:40 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hinds County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 4526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

251 
WFUS54 KJAN 080110
TORJAN
MSC049-080140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
809 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 840 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER LEARNED...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...
  MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE 3 MILES SOUTH OF EDWARDS AT 825 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER
NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3211 9053 3228 9046 3236 9066 3216 9072

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	28 min
Jul 7, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Jul 7, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	43 min
Jul 7, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	46 min
Jul 7, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	46 min
Jul 8, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	31 min
Jul 8, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	43 min
Jul 8, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	45 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	40 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	38 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.