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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS

November 10, 2002Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 9:02 PM CST for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 9:30 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kemper County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 9:25 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	De Kalb, MS	Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees in the area, resulting in minor structural damage to a few buildings.

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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

220 
WFUS54 KJAN 110302
TORJAN
MSC069-110330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
902 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 902 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF DE KALB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR DE KALB AT 910 PM CST
  BE NEAR SCOOBA AT 920 PM CST

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU 
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

LAT...LON 3289 8890 3265 8888 3288 8837 3292 8865

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, 7:35 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, 9:11 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.