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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS

October 3, 2002Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2002, 2:07 PM CDT for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
Oct 3, 2002, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 3, 9:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2002-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 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 12:00Z on 2002-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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.

353 
WFUS54 KJAN 031907
TORJAN
MSC129-031945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
206 PM CDT THU OCT 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  RALEIGH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR RALEIGH AT 215 PM CDT

THIS STORM SHOWS STRONG ROTATION AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
TIME. DO NOT WAIT...GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN
YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3183 8953 3190 8934 3223 8950 3217 8971

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones30 min
Oct 3, 12:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper47 min
Oct 3, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith26 min
Oct 3, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott30 min
Oct 3, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson44 min
Oct 3, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott19 min
Oct 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke45 min
Oct 3, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith31 min
Oct 3, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott28 min
Oct 3, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin32 min
Oct 3, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith48 min
Oct 3, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott61 min
Oct 3, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper44 min
Oct 3, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake26 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.