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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS

October 29, 2002Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2002, 7:36 AM CST for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 29, 2002, 7:36 AM CST (13:36 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2002, 8:05 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2002-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 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 2002-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 440 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
520 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

211 
WFUS54 KJAN 291336
TORJAN
MSC091-291405-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 805 AM CST

* AT 735 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A  TORNADO  ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF   COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY 

RADAR SHOWS STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING - TAKE COVER
NOW

LAT...LON 3136 8993 3123 8978 3132 8965 3144 8966

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 6:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale4 hr

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.