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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

January 24, 2002Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2002, 3:16 PM CST for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
Jan 24, 2002, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 3:45 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Simpson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 242116
TORJAN
MSC127-242145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
315 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 315 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF MAGEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR MAGEE AT 320 PM CST

TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3191 8983 3183 8988 3183 8972 3191 8966
          3201 8966 3203 8974 3192 8982

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 3:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar27 min
Jan 24, 6:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower3 hr
Jan 24, 6:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada3 hr
Jan 24, 7:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeflore3 hr
Jan 24, 8:10 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Jan 24, 8:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar3 hr
Jan 24, 8:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll3 hr
Jan 24, 9:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower3 hr
Jan 24, 10:01 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada3 hr
Jan 24, 11:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Jan 24, 11:39 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes51 min
Jan 24, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala49 min
Jan 24, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison42 min
Jan 24, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin59 min
Jan 24, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake34 min
Jan 24, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah49 min
Jan 24, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Simpson, Smith54 min
Jan 24, 2:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson29 min
Jan 24, 2:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton35 min
Jan 24, 2:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton35 min
Jan 24, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln32 min
Jan 24, 3:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Marion, Smith25 min
Jan 24, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Smith23 min
Jan 24, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale50 min
Jan 24, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar36 min
Jan 24, 3:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton, Smith42 min
Jan 24, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln39 min
Jan 24, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones32 min
Jan 24, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper40 min
Jan 24, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale33 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.