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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 596, NWS Jackson, MS

July 22, 2003Attala County, Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2003, 4:43 PM CDT for Attala County, Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 22, 2003, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Attala County, MS, Leake County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2003-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2581 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 2003-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

793 
WUUS54 KJAN 222143
SVRJAN
MSC007-079-222230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
443 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINBURG...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR EDINBURG AT 520 PM CDT

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3300 8930 3270 8930 3289 8952 3295 8961
          3310 8947

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes45 min
Jul 22, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale28 min
Jul 22, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin61 min
Jul 22, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones46 min
Jul 22, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton62 min
Jul 22, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith60 min
Jul 22, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones61 min
Jul 22, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke31 min
Jul 22, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale60 min
Jul 22, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper51 min
Jul 22, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke42 min
Jul 22, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones41 min
Jul 22, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones42 min
Jul 22, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington38 min
Jul 22, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar58 min
Jul 22, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones40 min
Jul 22, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott59 min
Jul 22, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington61 min
Jul 22, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo66 min
Jul 22, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith63 min
Jul 22, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin61 min
Jul 22, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper44 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.