Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 6:57 PM CST for Attala County, Choctaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2002, 6:57 PM CST (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:25 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Kosciusko, MS | |
| Nov 10, 7:00 PM CST | Hail 1 | Kosciusko, MS | |
| Nov 10, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Boyette, MS | A tornado developed near the Madison/Attala County line, about 9.5 miles south of Boyette (5 miles northeast of Cameron in Madison County). Travelling east-northeast, the tornado resulted in tree damage to rural areas of Southeast Attala County. The tornado |
| Nov 10, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Kosciusko, MS | This tornado initially developed near the Madison/Attala County line, about 9.5 miles south of Boyette around 7:30 PM. It briefly crossed into Leake County around 7:32 PM, before crossing back into Attala County at 7:34 PM. It moved north-northeast across th |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 2527 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.3
- Supercell composite
- 17.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KJAN 110057 TORJAN MSC007-019-110125- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 657 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 725 PM CST * AT 657 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOOL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... REMAIN OVER RURAL CHOCTAW COUNTY TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 22 min |
| Nov 10, 6:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 21 min |
| Nov 10, 7:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Nov 10, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 19 min |
| Nov 10, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 19 min |
| Nov 10, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 20 min |
| Nov 10, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 14 min |
| Nov 10, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 20 min |
| Nov 10, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 23 min |
| Nov 10, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 8:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 25 min |
| Nov 10, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 22 min |
| Nov 10, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 29 min |
| Nov 10, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 9:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 9:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 15 min |
| Nov 10, 9:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 17 min |
| Nov 10, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 16 min |
| Nov 10, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 20 min |
| Nov 11, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 28 min |
| Nov 11, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 28 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.