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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 7:31 PM CST for Noxubee County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 min. 2 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, 7:31 PM CST (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:50 PM CST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Brooksville, MS | This tornado originally developed in Winston County, almost 8 miles northeast of Louisville. It moved about 8 miles across extreme northwestern Noxubee County before exiting the county 7 miles northwest of Brooksville around 7:41 PM. As the tornado moved thr |
| Nov 10, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Starkville, MS | This tornado originally developed in Winston County, almost 8 miles northeast of Louisville around 7:20 PM. After moving through northwestern parts of Noxubee County, it briefly moved across extreme Southeast Oktibbeha County, resulting in the destruction of |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
340 WFUS54 KJAN 110131 TORJAN MSC103-105-110150- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 731 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 750 PM CST * AT 731 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER WINSTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF STARKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... AFFECT THE CRAWFORD AND BROOKSVILLE AREAS. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD BE READY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...VIOLENT WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE 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, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 28 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, 7:35 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 |
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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.