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Tornado Warning 116, NWS Jackson, MS

April 25, 2003Clarke County, Jasper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 12:17 AM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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 25, 2003, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1927 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

007 
WFUS54 KJAN 250517
TORJAN
MSC023-061-075-250545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1217 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR MERIDIAN AT 1245 AM CDT

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. 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 3216 8897 3222 8902 3222 8893 3229 8891
          3242 8869 3226 8859

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake42 min
Apr 24, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson46 min
Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes41 min
Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott44 min
Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee32 min
Apr 24, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne39 min
Apr 24, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton43 min
Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds30 min
Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson, Lincoln50 min
Apr 24, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale37 min
Apr 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones41 min
Apr 24, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Kemper and 10 more6 hr
Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison30 min
Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake45 min
Apr 24, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba41 min
Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln43 min
Apr 24, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds40 min
Apr 24, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison30 min
Apr 24, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin61 min
Apr 24, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba44 min
Apr 24, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton46 min
Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale43 min
Apr 24, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningJANScott61 min
Apr 24, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin9 min
Apr 24, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith32 min
Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington43 min
Apr 24, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper31 min
Apr 24, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton45 min
Apr 24, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton40 min
Apr 24, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey44 min
Apr 24, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower, Washington44 min
Apr 24, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith31 min
Apr 24, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale44 min
Apr 24, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton28 min
Apr 24, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena46 min
Apr 24, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke28 min
Apr 24, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey79 min
Apr 25, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo71 min
Apr 25, 12:33 AM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo57 min
Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale29 min
Apr 25, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo42 min
Apr 25, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln30 min
Apr 25, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence46 min
Apr 25, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones59 min
Apr 25, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion43 min
Apr 25, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale44 min
Apr 25, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones42 min
Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar44 min
Apr 25, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis21 min
Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington28 min
Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones45 min
Apr 25, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar48 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar38 min
Apr 25, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper39 min
Apr 25, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion27 min
Apr 25, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest30 min
Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar30 min
Apr 25, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest46 min
Apr 25, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar47 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.