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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Jackson, MS

December 23, 2002Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2002, 8:20 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
Dec 23, 2002, 8:20 PM CST (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2002, 8:50 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 23, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 00:00Z on 2002-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 00:00Z on 2002-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 658 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
658 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
957 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

669 
WFUS54 KJAN 240220
TORJAN
MSC035-240250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
818 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 850 PM CST

* AT 818 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF     
  BROOKLYN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR BROOKLYN AT 835 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

LAT...LON 3110 8934 3092 8932 3093 8904 3119 8906

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 8:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar28 min
Dec 23, 9:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 7 more6 hr
Dec 23, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo43 min
Dec 23, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin29 min
Dec 23, 11:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin113 min
Dec 23, 11:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton30 min
Dec 24, 12:31 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson3 hr
Dec 24, 12:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion29 min
Dec 24, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest39 min
Dec 24, 1:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams38 min
Dec 24, 1:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin3 hr
Dec 24, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln28 min
Dec 24, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones31 min
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion4 hr
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson28 min
Dec 24, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson30 min
Dec 24, 1:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin35 min
Dec 24, 2:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah33 min
Dec 24, 2:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke39 min
Dec 24, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest40 min
Dec 24, 2:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln38 min
Dec 24, 2:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke29 min
Dec 24, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds33 min
Dec 24, 2:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson32 min
Dec 24, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones30 min
Dec 24, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence30 min
Dec 24, 2:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis31 min
Dec 24, 2:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke17 min
Dec 24, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith29 min
Dec 24, 3:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion32 min
Dec 24, 3:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones30 min
Dec 24, 3:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar39 min
Dec 24, 3:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke42 min
Dec 24, 3:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest21 min
Dec 24, 4:02 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.