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Tornado Warning 121, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 2003Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2003, 4:23 PM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson 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
May 3, 2003, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 5:10 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1215 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 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
1215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

247 
WFUS54 KJAN 032123
TORJAN
MSC121-127-032210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
423 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 510 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUCKETT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
  MENDENHALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR PUCKETT AT 430 PM CDT
  BE NEAR DLO AT 440 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MENDENHALL AT 445 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MAGEE AT 505 PM CDT

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3215 8975 3212 8999 3178 8993 3180 8966

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale58 min
May 3, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale61 min
May 3, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower44 min
May 3, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada28 min
May 3, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson46 min
May 3, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Winston46 min
May 3, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba59 min
May 3, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper75 min
May 3, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale62 min
May 3, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton59 min
May 3, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke63 min
May 3, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale19 min
May 3, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin63 min
May 3, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion65 min
May 3, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith62 min
May 3, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin24 min
May 3, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke62 min
May 3, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion42 min
May 3, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Simpson, Smith58 min
May 3, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington28 min
May 3, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar57 min

Nearby

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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.