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Tornado Warning 126, NWS Jackson, MS

May 5, 2003Grenada County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2003, 8:20 PM CDT for Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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 5, 2003, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grenada County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1533 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 060120
TORJAN
MSC043-060150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
819 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 850 PM CDT

* AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRENADA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR GRENADA LAKE AT 820 PM CDT
  BE NEAR GORE SPRINGS AT 830 PM 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

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER 
NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR 
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY.  THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN JACKSON.

LAT...LON 3390 8977 3387 8951 3369 8952 3374 8986
          3388 8986

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar59 min
May 5, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar3 hr
May 5, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore40 min
May 5, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower20 min
May 5, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar40 min
May 5, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada43 min
May 5, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar60 min
May 5, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada102 min
May 5, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery, Webster58 min
May 5, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower50 min
May 5, 8:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower3 hr
May 5, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar25 min
May 5, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClay31 min
May 5, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSunflower30 min
May 5, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes27 min
May 5, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada41 min
May 5, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar30 min
May 6, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee22 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.