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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS

November 11, 2002Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2002, 5:17 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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
Nov 11, 2002, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 2002, 5:45 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1089 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 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
1089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.4
Supercell composite
-2.0

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The text

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

573 
WFUS54 KJAN 112317
TORJAN
MSC035-112345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
517 PM CST MON NOV 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 517 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF   WIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST  
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL FORREST COUNTY 

THIS STORM SHOWS STRONG ROTATION AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
TIME. DO NOT WAIT...GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN
YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3096 8939 3080 8930 3101 8872 3123 8885
          3107 8929

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes22 min
Nov 10, 6:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Winston28 min
Nov 10, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha31 min
Nov 10, 6:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha32 min
Nov 10, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo45 min
Nov 10, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston21 min
Nov 10, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw28 min
Nov 10, 7:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes29 min
Nov 10, 7:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Oktibbeha26 min
Nov 10, 7:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Leake, Madison50 min
Nov 10, 7:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston19 min
Nov 10, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington32 min
Nov 10, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo39 min
Nov 10, 7:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Oktibbeha19 min
Nov 10, 7:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes20 min
Nov 10, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston14 min
Nov 10, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds46 min
Nov 10, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes26 min
Nov 10, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne20 min
Nov 10, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee23 min
Nov 10, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake31 min
Nov 10, 8:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake27 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston26 min
Nov 10, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison32 min
Nov 10, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah25 min
Nov 10, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah22 min
Nov 10, 8:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Winston39 min
Nov 10, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin46 min
Nov 10, 8:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah29 min
Nov 10, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds28 min
Nov 10, 8:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin28 min
Nov 10, 9:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper28 min
Nov 10, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson44 min
Nov 10, 9:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson39 min
Nov 10, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper15 min
Nov 10, 9:42 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith28 min
Nov 10, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba17 min
Nov 10, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba39 min
Nov 10, 10:34 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper16 min
Nov 10, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion43 min
Nov 11, 12:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones49 min
Nov 11, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones20 min
Nov 11, 1:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.