Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 81, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2002, 12:05 PM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
- Nov 5, 2002, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2002, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 12:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocean Spgs, MS | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
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 5, 9:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923 WFUS54 KLIX 051805 TORNEW MSC059-051845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1204 PM CST TUE NOV 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...ESCATAWPA * UNTIL 1245 PM CST * AT 1202 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO SOUTH OF OCEAN SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GAUTIER AT 1210 PM CST PASCAGOULA AT 1215 PM CST MOSS POINT...VANCLEAVE AT 1220 PM CST ESCATAWPA AT 1225 PM CST SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VECHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.