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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Jackson, MS

April 6, 2003Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2003, 1:18 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 6, 2003, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2003, 2:05 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hinds County, MS

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 6, 10:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 18 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: 758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 061818
SVRJAN
MSC049-061905-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
119 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 205 PM CDT

* AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR CLINTON AT 120 PM CDT
  BE NEAR JACKSON AT 135 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3223 9021 3231 9045 3244 9040 3244 9024
          3240 9009

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 6, 11:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 11:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1110 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

UPDATED ZONES TO MAINLY INCLUDE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ONLY OTHER CHANGES MADE WERE TO THE MAX TEMPS
IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWFA. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES
ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER FURTHER ZONE UPDATES FOR MAX
TEMPS MAY BE POSSIBLE.

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH 007>009-015-016-023>026.
MS FLASH FLOOD WATCH ...40>066-072>074. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR SOUTHERN MS THROUGH 4 PM.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
071200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1149 AM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THIS
AFTERNOON.  SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF
A LINE FROM BUDE TO BROOKHAVEN TO LAUREL. THE PRIMARY RISK WITH
THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE
POSSIBILITY OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY
RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

THE CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EAST
MISSISSIPPI LOCATIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE
WEATHER EPISODE.

...FLOODING...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MOST OF
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS OF PONDING CAN BE
EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS DURING AREAS OF HEAVY
RAIN.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER EAST
MISSISSIPPI DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...

...DAYS TWO AND THREE...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
MONDAY NIGHT AS A STALLED COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE AIR MASS WILL
REMAIN HUMID AND UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND INTENSE WIND
FIELDS WILL REDEVELOP. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY
NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BASTROP LOUISIANA TO YAZOO
CITY MISSISSIPPI TO DEKALB.  THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
DIMINISH AS THE COLD FRONT SHIFTS EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.

...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:24 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1224 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1206 AM    3 E REDWOOD               MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   WARREN                         REPORTED BY WARREN COUNTY
                                          EMA.

1200 AM    OAKRIDGE                  MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   WARREN                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY WARREN COUNTY
                                          EMA.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:43 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1243 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1214 AM    12 NE VICKSBURG           MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   WARREN                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, OLD
                                          MISS FORESTRY FIRE TOWER,
                                          REDWOOD AND OAKRIDGE RD.
                                          70 MPH WINDS REPORTED.

1220 AM    REDWOOD                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   WARREN                         TREES DOWN ON MOBILE
                                          HOME, ROOF DAMAGE AT THE
                                          REDWOOD SCHOOL. NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SKY WARN.

1231 AM    7 E REDWOOD               MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   WARREN                         SEVERE TREE DAMAGE, TREES
                                          SHEARED OFF AT 20 FEET.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO.
                                          REPORTED BY SKY WARN.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:43 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1243 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

...CORRECTED TO PM...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1214 PM    12 NE VICKSBURG           MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   WARREN                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, OLD
                                          MISS FORESTRY FIRE TOWER,
                                          REDWOOD AND OAKRIDGE RD.
                                          70 MPH WINDS REPORTED.

1220 PM    REDWOOD                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   WARREN                         TREES DOWN ON MOBILE
                                          HOME, ROOF DAMAGE AT THE
                                          REDWOOD SCHOOL. NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          SKY WARN.

1231 PM    7 E REDWOOD               MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   WARREN                         SEVERE TREE DAMAGE, TREES
                                          SHEARED OFF AT 20 FEET.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO.
                                          REPORTED BY SKY WARN.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:49 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1217 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

...CORRECTED TO PM...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1159 AM    REDWOOD                   MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   WARREN                         REPORTED BY WARREN COUNTY
                                          EMA.

1205 PM    4 N REDWOOD               MS   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   WARREN                         REPORTED BY SKYWARN.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:50 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1250 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1214 PM    12 NE VICKSBURG           MS   70 MPH WIND GUST
04/06/03   WARREN                         REPORTED BY SKY WARN.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 1:11 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
111 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1248 PM    POCAHANTAS                MS   1.50 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   HINDS                          REPORTED BY HINDS EOC.

0100 PM    5 NW MADISON              MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   MADISON                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.  WINDOWS BROKEN
                                          AND HAIL OF QUARTER TO
                                          GOLFBALL SIZE COVERING
                                          THE GROUND.

1245 PM    REDWOOD                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   WARREN                         NUMEROUS TREES
                                          DOWN...REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR.  ROADS
                                          BLOCKED AND CLOSED BY
                                          MHP.  POWER OUT IN
                                          NORTHERN 1/3 OF WARREN
                                          COUNTY.

1245 PM    BOLTON                    MS   75 MPH WIND GUST
04/06/03   HINDS                          EXTREME WINDS WITH CARS
                                          ALL PULLED OFF INTERSTATE
                                          20.  REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATORS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 9:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	46 min
Apr 6, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	45 min
Apr 6, 10:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	46 min
Apr 6, 10:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	42 min
Apr 6, 10:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	61 min
Apr 6, 10:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena	2 hr
Apr 6, 11:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sharkey	43 min
Apr 6, 11:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sharkey	41 min
Apr 6, 11:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	44 min
Apr 6, 11:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	60 min
Apr 6, 12:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	60 min
Apr 6, 12:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	59 min
Apr 6, 12:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	2 hr
Apr 6, 12:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren	3 hr
Apr 6, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	60 min
Apr 6, 12:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	43 min
Apr 6, 1:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	26 min
Apr 6, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	58 min
Apr 6, 1:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	58 min
Apr 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake	44 min
Apr 6, 1:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott	2 hr
Apr 6, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	47 min
Apr 6, 1:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Apr 6, 2:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	43 min
Apr 6, 2:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	42 min
Apr 6, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	60 min
Apr 6, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	81 min
Apr 6, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	45 min
Apr 6, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	44 min
Apr 6, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	44 min
Apr 6, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	46 min
Apr 6, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	44 min
Apr 6, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	43 min
Apr 6, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	42 min
Apr 6, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	46 min
Apr 6, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	46 min
Apr 6, 5:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower	2 hr
Apr 6, 5:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	4 hr
Apr 6, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys	44 min
Apr 6, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	45 min
Apr 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sharkey, Yazoo	57 min
Apr 6, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	48 min
Apr 6, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN		42 min
Apr 6, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore	40 min
Apr 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	5 hr
Apr 6, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	45 min
Apr 6, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	75 min
Apr 6, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	59 min
Apr 6, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	51 min
Apr 6, 6:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Rankin, Scott	4 hr
Apr 6, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.