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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Jackson, MS

June 19, 2003Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2003, 6:14 PM CDT for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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 19, 2003, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jasper County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2003-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1307 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 2003-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

893 
WUUS54 KJAN 192314
SVRJAN
MSC061-200000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
613 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY SPRINGS...MOVING    
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR HEIDELBERG AT 655 PM CDT

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3210 8929 3196 8931 3183 8907 3203 8901

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee42 min
Jun 18, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Washington22 min
Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale45 min
Jun 19, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton38 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.