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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA

June 8, 2002Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2002, 3:33 PM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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
Jun 8, 2002, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2002, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2002-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 857 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 2002-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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.

000 
WUUS54 KLIX 082033
SVRNEW
MSC059-082130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
332 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JACKSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES   
NORTHEAST OF LATIMER. THE STORM IS BUILDING WEST AT 5 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3061 8893 3048 8878 3084 8829 3103 8851

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXHarrison, Jackson55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.