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Tornado Warning 115, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 11:11 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 24, 2003, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2003, 11:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1927 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.7
- Supercell composite
- 18.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 250411
TORJAN
MSC053-133-151-250455-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1112 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 1155 PM CDT
* AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCOLA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HOLLANDALE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
BE NEAR ARCOLA...LELAND AT 1110 PM CDT
BE NEAR HOLLANDALE AT 1115 PM CDT
BE NEAR INVERNESS AT 1125 PM CDT
BE NEAR ISOLA AT 1135 PM CDT
BE NEAR BELZONI...MOORHEAD AT 1140 PM CDT
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO..TAKE COVER NOW
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
BE READY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...VIOLENT WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW
LAT...LON 3338 9105 3313 9106 3309 9047 3321 9033
3327 9046 3347 9047
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Kemper and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 9 min |
| Apr 24, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 79 min |
| Apr 25, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 71 min |
| Apr 25, 12:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 21 min |
| Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 47 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.