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Tornado Warning 135, NWS Jackson, MS

May 6, 2003Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 8:59 PM CDT for Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2003, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4325 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
4325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

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

046 
WFUS54 KJAN 070159
TORJAN
MSC015-083-070245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
859 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  GREENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LEFLORE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE HAD A REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER THE 
SOUTHERN PORTION OF LEFLORE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR GREENWOOD AT 905 PM CDT
  BE NEAR GREENWOOD AIRPORT AT 915 PM CDT
  BE NEAR AVALON AT 925 PM CDT
  BE NEAR NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON AT 940 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

LAT...LON 3350 9032 3340 9032 3339 9024 3337 8985
          3367 8983 3366 9010

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren28 min
May 6, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo45 min
May 6, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison46 min
May 6, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren44 min
May 6, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo46 min
May 6, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds58 min
May 6, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison58 min
May 6, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes61 min
May 6, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin28 min
May 6, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore46 min
May 6, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada31 min
May 7, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar31 min
May 7, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar3 hr
May 7, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower45 min
May 7, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN44 min
May 7, 7:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower2 hr
May 7, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada47 min
May 7, 8:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Warren43 min
May 7, 8:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada2 hr
May 7, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay61 min
May 7, 9:52 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey58 min
May 7, 10:02 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClay38 min
May 7, 10:20 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys60 min
May 7, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes46 min
May 7, 10:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena32 min
May 7, 11:33 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena27 min
May 7, 11:48 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey32 min
May 7, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo59 min
May 7, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba57 min
May 7, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott47 min
May 7, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton61 min
May 7, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton, Scott44 min
May 7, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale56 min
May 7, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale61 min
May 7, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton21 min
May 7, 4:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale90 min
May 7, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale22 min
May 7, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale29 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.