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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2003, 3:10 AM CDT for Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 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 3, 2003, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2003, 4:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Richland Parish, LA
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 3094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
738
WUUS54 KJAN 030810
SVRJAN
LAC083-030910-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
310 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 410 AM CDT
* AT 310 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...10 MILES WEST OF START...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
BE NEAR START AT 325 AM CDT
BE NEAR RAYVILLE AT 335 AM CDT
BE NEAR HOLLY RIDGE AT 355 AM CDT
BE NEAR DELHI AT 410 AM CDT
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSON.
LAT...LON 3237 9200 3249 9193 3256 9181 3259 9161
3242 9149 3238 9171
$$
10What 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 May 2, 8:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 855 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2003 HAVE UPDATED FOR A SECOND TIME TO REMOVE THE REST OF SEVERE WORDING AND WW 210 FROM THE FORECAST. WHILE 00Z JAN RAOB WAS RATHER UNSTABLE...VERY LIGHT DRYING WLY WINDS AND LACK OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE PREVENTED MUCH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SURFACE FRONT DROPPING THROUGH NRN MS EXTENDS ALONG A KTUP-KELD-KPRX LINE AND SHOULD SETTLE INTO CENTRAL MS THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. AIRMASS EXPECTED TO REFIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER SRN HALF OF CWFA FOR MORE DIURNALLY DRIVEN STORMS. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE FOR OUR AREA - STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... JAN EE 065/085 065/086 068 63233 MEI EE 063/084 062/086 068 63332 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 9:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 031200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 948 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS... AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVERNIGHT CANNOT BE RULED OUT...OTHERWISE... A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH THE ARKLAMISS REGION WILL SETTLE INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY. THIS BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND STRONG INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE MORE CONCENTRATED STORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WHERE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AFTER 3 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH 9 PM SATURDAY EVENING. AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND BECOME ONLY ISOLATED BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE... FOR SUNDAY...THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL FINALLY LIFT TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL QUICKLY RETURN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. A STRONG MID LEVEL JET WILL ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...ENHANCING THE LIFT AND ALLOWING FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP. THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING IN FROM THE WEST AND COULD TRIGGER AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. INCREASING WIND FIELDS AND STEEP MID LEVEL TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATES WILL HELP SUPPORT STORM DEVELOPMENT. AT THE PRESENT TIME...IT WOULD APPEAR THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY HOWEVER...YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. BY MONDAY NIGHT...SOME POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING RAINS COULD DEVELOP WITH A STALLED FRONT REMAINING NEAR THE REGION. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN... THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE NEAR THE AREA ON TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL JET SUPPORT WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO AGAIN PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THIS STALLED FRONT WILL KEEP A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIFT AS A WARM FRONT THURSDAY AS YET ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES. THIS NEW COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY...AGAIN POSSIBLY PRODUCING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE LOCATION AND INTENSITY OF THESE STORM SYSTEMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATER FORECAST AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT BUT MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. 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, May 3, 1:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
116 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 AM TOOMSUBA MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/03/03 LAUDERDALE REPORTED BY LAUDERDALE
COUNTY EMA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 38 min |
| May 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 44 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.