Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2003, 6:46 PM CDT for Carroll County, Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 2, 2003, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KJAN 022346
SVRJAN
MSC015-043-030015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
645 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GORE SPRINGS
TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAIDEN...OR FROM 16 MILES EAST OF GRENADA
TO 13 MILES NORTH OF DURANT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL...
BE NEAR VAIDEN AT 700 PM CDT
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3387 8951 3369 8952 3369 8965 3355 8979
3344 8979 3341 8966 3331 8966 3325 8974
3329 8997 3349 8990 3358 8978 3387 8960
$$
CRAVENWhat 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 Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
515 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003
A QUICK FORECAST UPDATE WILL BE COMING IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
NEW TORNADO WATCH (NUMBER 466). NO OTHER UDPATES ARE PLANNED AT
THIS TIME.
THE UPDATE (AS WELL AS THE 510 PM STATE FORECAST) WILL BE OUT IN A
FEW MINUTES.
BUTTS
.......... PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ..........
304 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003
FORECAST CHALLENGES THIS PERIOD ARE MAINLY THE TIMING AND INTENSITY
OF THE CONVECTION.
CURRENTLY THE WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE WEST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS MOVING TO
THE EAST. THE CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE AS A GOOD CU FIELD HAS
DEVELOPED. WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES...WITH PWATS APPROACHING 2IN...A GOOD 30KT LOW LEVEL JET
IN PLACE...CAPE VALUES AROUND 2200...AND LIS AROUND -4.5. AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY WILL ALSO BE PROGRESSING FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THE AREA
FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION...AS THE SHORTWAVE ENTERS THE REGION
FROM THE WEST. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO FILL IN FROM THE WEST AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY. EXPECT ISOLATED SEVERE TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES...WILL MENTION THIS IN THE ZONES
AS WELL AS THE HWO...WITH RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES WORDING/GENERAL
THUNDER IN THE EAST. THE GFS INITIALIZED THE BEST THIS MORNING SO
WILL TREND WITH IT. THE COLD FRONT STARTS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DEVELOPING AN MCS
OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES AS THE BASE OF THE SW TROUGH PASSES THROUGH
SOUTHERN MS AND LA. CLEARING BEGINS IN THE DELTA REGION BY TUESDAY
NIGHT AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS TO THE SOUTHEAST. WILL
DECREASE WORDING TO SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SHOULD BE CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...MODELS LOOK CONSISTENT WITH THE COOL SEASON
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PATTERN OVER THE PLAINS AND THE RIDGE OVER THE
ROCKIES. THIS WILL BRING A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS AND SHORT WAVES
THROUGH THE AREA. MAIN PROBLEM IS THE TIMING OF THE SHORT WAVES. THE
NEXT FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. PRECIP LOOKS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT SO WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION IT IN THE HWO. IT BEGINS TO CLEAR OUT BEHIND THE
SYSTEM SUNDAY...RETURNING TO SOUTHERLY FLOW ON MONDAY. A SHORT WAVE
TROUGH APPROACHES MONDAY NIGHT AND COULD AFFECT THE DELTA REGION.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS:
JAN TB 071/084 066/085 061 24860
BTTEE 086/071 086/070 087/068 089/068 087 00005555000
MEI TB 070/083 065/085 061 24863
BTTBB 086/071 087/070 087/068 089/068 088 00005555000
.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
24/17Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 2:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 031939- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 239 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE PRIMARY RISK WITH STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND DOWNBURSTS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE DELTA REGION ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR FROM WINONA WESTWARD TO GREENVILLE AND CROSSETT. A WARM MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMING EAST FROM TEXAS TO TRIGGER THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS INCREASING ENERGY MAY SPAWN A FEW STRONG STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 BEFORE THE ACTIVITY BEGINS TO DECREASE INTO MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS MAINLY OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...AND THEN SHOULD BECOME CONCENTRATED IN AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AFTER MIDDAY. ...FLOODING... INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL TRANSPORT VERY HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE VALUES INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THESE AREAS COULD CONCENTRATE INTO A CLUSTER OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATER TONIGHT. ANY AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PERSIST OVER SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN A FEW HOURS TIME. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HEAVY RAIN IN THESE AREAS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER UPON ROAD SURFACES MONDAY EVENING INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ANY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI LATER ON TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION AND GENERATE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING FRIDAY AND ENDING DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY RISK IS EXPECTED TO BE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY AGAIN ON TUESDAY FOR MAINLY SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. 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, Jun 2, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
446 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM CLAYTON LA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 CONCORDIA TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN NEAR CLAYTON ALONG
HIGHWAY 569.
0420 PM NATCHEZ MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 ADAMS TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
ADAMS SO.
0305 PM 2 E CLAYTON LA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 CONCORDIA TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
469 REPORTED BY CONCORDIA
SO.Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
446 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003
...CORRECTION APPLIES TO TIME OF EVENT FOR NATCHES IN ADAMS COUNTY...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM CLAYTON LA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 CONCORDIA TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN NEAR CLAYTON ALONG
HIGHWAY 569.
0310 PM NATCHEZ MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 ADAMS TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
ADAMS SO.
0305 PM 2 E CLAYTON LA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 CONCORDIA TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY
469 REPORTED BY CONCORDIA
SO.Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM CLEVELAND MS TORNADO
06/02/03 BOLIVAR ROOF DAMAGE TO BUSINESSES
AND A NUMBER OF CARS
DAMAGED. REPORTED BY
BOLIVAR COUNTY EOC.
0520 PM JACKSON MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 HINDS POWERLINES DOWN JUST WEST
OF HAWKINS FIELD. REPORTED
BY HAM RADIO SPOTTERS.Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
539 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM JACKSON MS 0.25 INCH HAIL
06/02/03 HINDS PEA SIZE HAIL AT TERRY
AND LYNCH IN WEST
JACKSON. WIND GUST
ESTIMATED NEAR 40 MPH.
0520 PM JACKSON MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 HINDS TRAFFIC LIGHT DOWN ON
CLINTON BLVD NEAR I220
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0530 PM JACKSON MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 HINDS POWER LINES AND POWER
POLES DOWN. DEBRIS IN
ROAD AT DIXON AND CLINTON
BLVD REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.
0451 PM COLUMBUS MS 0.25 INCH HAIL
06/02/03 LOWNDES PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
PUBLIC NEAR COLUMBUS,
MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:03 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM INVERNESS MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 SUNFLOWER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY SUNFLOWER
COUNTY EMA.
0550 PM FLORENCE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/03 RANKIN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.
0559 PM BRANDON MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 RANKIN NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED BY
BRANDON EOC.Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
617 PM CDT MON JUN 02 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM INVERNESS MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 SUNFLOWER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY SUNFLOWER
COUNTY EMA.
0550 PM FLORENCE MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/03 RANKIN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.
0559 PM BRANDON MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 RANKIN NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN...REPORTED BY
BRANDON EOC.
0600 PM 2 E FLOWOOD MS WIND DAMAGE
06/02/03 RANKIN TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 59 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.