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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS

March 13, 2003Choctaw County, Clay County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2003, 10:17 AM CST for Choctaw County, Clay County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 13, 2003, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2003, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Oktibbeha 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
Mar 13, 8:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 131617 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC019-025-105-131700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1017 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1017 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF REFORM...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  WEST OF STARKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR CEDAR BLUFF AT 1035 AM CST
  BE NEAR STARKVILLE AT 1040 AM CST
  BE NEAR WEST POINT AT 1050 AM CST

WINDS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3353 8911 3338 8922 3330 8871 3366 8858

$$

What 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 Mar 13, 9:30 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 9:30 AM CST, 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
930 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

UPDATED ZONES MAINLY FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. DID NOT
UPDATE MUCH ELSE...FURTHER UPDATES LIKELY.

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
32

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 9:30 AM CST, 47 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
141200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
0930 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TODAY. AHEAD OF THE
TROUGH...THE ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE...QUITE FAVORABLE
FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

...FLOODING...
A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.  BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM CAUSING PONDING ON ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

...DAYS TWO AND THREE...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...
A LARGE AND POWERFUL SPRING STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
OUTLOOK AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...PRIMARILY FROM LATE MONDAY INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM. A STRONG JET STREAM CURRENTLY
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN...WILL DRIVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF POTENTIAL
STORM ENERGY INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY MONDAY...LEADING TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
REGION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...BEFORE A COLD
FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY.

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, Mar 13, 6:56 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
656 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0645 AM    5 SW MAGEE                MS   0.88 INCH HAIL
03/13/03   SIMPSON                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

Local storm report, Mar 13, 8:21 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
821 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0808 AM    BEULAH                    MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/13/03   BOLIVAR                        REPORTED BY BOLIVAR
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 8:34 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
834 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0703 AM    3 S ELLISVILLE            MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/13/03   JONES                          REPORTED BY JONES COUNTY
                                          EMA.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 8:48 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
848 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0832 AM    DREW                      MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/13/03   SUNFLOWER                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SUNFLOWER CO
                                          CIVIL DEFENSE.  ALSO 40
                                          MPH WIND GUSTS.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:19 AM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
919 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0915 AM    GREENWOOD                 MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
03/13/03   LEFLORE                        PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          ON HIGHWAY 70 JUST NORTH
                                          OF GREENWOOD.  REPORTED
                                          BY LEFLORE EMA.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:34 AM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
934 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0932 AM    3 S SUMRALL               MS   0.88 INCH HAIL
03/13/03   LAMAR                          NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY LAMAR COUNTY EOC.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	46 min
Mar 12, 6:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	21 min
Mar 13, 4:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	38 min
Mar 13, 4:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	47 min
Mar 13, 4:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	42 min
Mar 13, 5:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	30 min
Mar 13, 6:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	41 min
Mar 13, 6:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	43 min
Mar 13, 7:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	42 min
Mar 13, 7:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	43 min
Mar 13, 8:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	40 min
Mar 13, 8:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	49 min
Mar 13, 8:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	51 min
Mar 13, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Montgomery	43 min
Mar 13, 9:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	61 min
Mar 13, 9:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	58 min
Mar 13, 9:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	46 min
Mar 13, 9:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	42 min
Mar 13, 9:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	46 min
Mar 13, 10:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	58 min
Mar 13, 10:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	27 min
Mar 13, 10:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	58 min
Mar 13, 10:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	58 min
Mar 13, 10:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	44 min
Mar 13, 11:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	13 min
Mar 13, 11:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	30 min
Mar 13, 11:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	49 min
Mar 13, 11:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	60 min
Mar 13, 11:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	74 min
Mar 13, 11:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	60 min
Mar 13, 11:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	48 min
Mar 13, 12:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	47 min
Mar 13, 12:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	60 min
Mar 13, 12:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	61 min
Mar 13, 1:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	40 min
Mar 13, 1:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	119 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.