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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Jackson, MS

November 15, 2002Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2002, 3:22 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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 15, 2002, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2002, 3:55 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jones County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 3:28 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Laurel, MS

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 15, 12:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

727 
WFUS54 KJAN 152122
TORJAN
MSC067-152155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
323 PM CST FRI NOV 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 355 PM CST

* AT 323 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF ELLISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR LAUREL AT 325 PM CST

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 3172 8927 3154 8927 3153 8876 3176 8894

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 12:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	31 min
Nov 15, 1:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	30 min
Nov 15, 1:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	44 min
Nov 15, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	37 min
Nov 15, 1:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	46 min
Nov 15, 2:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	47 min
Nov 15, 2:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	22 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.