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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 2003Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 3:32 PM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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
May 2, 2003, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2003, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2608 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

581 
WUUS54 KJAN 022032
SVRJAN
MSC023-061-022130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
331 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEIDELBERG...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR DESOTO...QUITMAN AT 405 PM CDT
  BE NEAR CRANDALL AT 430 PM CDT

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM 
PASSES.

LAT...LON 3200 8905 3185 8900 3189 8851 3211 8847

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster43 min
May 2, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes29 min
May 2, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Every 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.