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Tornado Warning 142, NWS Jackson, MS

May 7, 2003Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2003, 9:52 AM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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 7, 2003, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2003, 10:50 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey 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
May 7, 4:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 4.0

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The text

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

947 
WFUS54 KJAN 071452
TORJAN
MSC055-125-071550-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
951 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NORTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1050 AM CDT

* AT 951 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH 
  OF MAYERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ROLLING FORK...MOVING   
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR ROLLING FORK AT 1005 AM CDT
  BE NEAR ANGUILLA AT 1015 AM CDT

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.

LAT...LON 3301 9106 3283 9108 3290 9069 3311 9067

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	28 min
May 6, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	45 min
May 6, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	46 min
May 6, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	44 min
May 6, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	46 min
May 6, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	58 min
May 6, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	58 min
May 6, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	61 min
May 6, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	28 min
May 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	46 min
May 6, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	46 min
May 6, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	31 min
May 7, 5:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	31 min
May 7, 6:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar	3 hr
May 7, 6:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	45 min
May 7, 6:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN		44 min
May 7, 7:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	2 hr
May 7, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	47 min
May 7, 8:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	43 min
May 7, 8:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Grenada	2 hr
May 7, 9:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	61 min
May 7, 10:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay	38 min
May 7, 10:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys	60 min
May 7, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	46 min
May 7, 10:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	32 min
May 7, 11:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	27 min
May 7, 11:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sharkey	32 min
May 7, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	59 min
May 7, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	57 min
May 7, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	47 min
May 7, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	61 min
May 7, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	44 min
May 7, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	56 min
May 7, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	61 min
May 7, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	21 min
May 7, 4:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	90 min
May 7, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	22 min
May 7, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	29 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.