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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 7:35 PM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:35 PM CST (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:55 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lowndes County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado F1 | New Hope, MS | A tornado formed in Lowndes County, about 2 miles southwest of New Hope, destroying many trees as it moved northeast. The tornado then moved into Pickens County, Alabama, about 3 miles east-northeast of New Hope (near Forest, Alabama). |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
918 WFUS54 KJAN 110135 TORJAN MSC087-110155- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 735 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 755 PM CST * AT 735 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF NEW HOPE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM TAKE SHELTER NOW * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... AFFECT NEW HOPE AND COLUMBUS. 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 LAT...LON 3349 8850 3332 8840 3349 8793 3368 8804
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, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 19 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.