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Tornado Warning 118, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 4:13 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2003, 4:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jones 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 25, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026 WFUS54 KJAN 252113 TORJAN MSC067-252155- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 413 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 455 PM CDT * AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER MOSELLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINE BELT AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO... BE NEAR ELLISVILLE AT 415 PM CDT RADAR SHOWS STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING - 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 3161 8937 3145 8938 3145 8894 3166 8893 $$
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, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 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, 4:16 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.