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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Jackson, MS

June 2, 2003Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2003, 7:55 PM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2003, 8:25 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 90 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

268 
WUUS54 KJAN 030055
SVRJAN
MSC089-030125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
755 PM CDT MON JUN 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 825 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN TO 17     
  MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL...
  BE NEAR CAMDEN AT 800 PM CDT

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3287 8996 3253 8994 3265 8974 3288 8975

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion43 min
Jun 2, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster63 min
Jun 2, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala58 min
Jun 2, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin42 min
Jun 2, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha58 min
Jun 2, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson14 min
Jun 2, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith59 min
Jun 2, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes58 min
Jun 2, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott59 min
Jun 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston46 min
Jun 2, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake59 min
Jun 2, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton61 min
Jun 2, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale58 min
Jun 2, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba49 min
Jun 2, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper61 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper60 min
Jun 2, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee60 min
Jun 2, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale31 min
Jun 3, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams30 min
Jun 3, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion43 min
Jun 3, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.