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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 19, 2002, 11:32 AM CST for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2002, 11:32 AM CST (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2002, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Simpson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 12:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 EG | Mendenhall, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 6:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660 WFUS54 KJAN 191732 TORJAN MSC127-191815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1132 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1215 PM CST * AT 1132 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DLO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... BE NEAR MENDENHALL...DLO AT 1155 AM CST BE NEAR MAGEE AT NOON CST A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 58 min |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 2 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 24 min |
| Dec 19, 8:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 47 min |
| Dec 19, 9:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 46 min |
| Dec 19, 9:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Dec 19, 9:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 27 min |
| Dec 19, 10:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 28 min |
| Dec 19, 10:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 19 min |
| Dec 19, 10:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 45 min |
| Dec 19, 10:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 29 min |
| Dec 19, 10:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Dec 19, 10:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Dec 19, 10:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 32 min |
| Dec 19, 11:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Dec 19, 11:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence | 28 min |
| Dec 19, 11:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Dec 19, 11:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 42 min |
| Dec 19, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 30 min |
| Dec 19, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| Dec 19, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 30 min |
| Dec 19, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 31 min |
| Dec 19, 1:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 46 min |
| Dec 19, 1:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 43 min |
| Dec 19, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 28 min |
| Dec 19, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 30 min |
| Dec 19, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 43 min |
| Dec 19, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 25 min |
| Dec 19, 1:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 61 min |
| Dec 19, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 26 min |
| Dec 19, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 30 min |
| Dec 19, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 40 min |
| Dec 19, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 31 min |
| Dec 19, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Dec 19, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 31 min |
| Dec 19, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 30 min |
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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.