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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Jackson, MS

May 7, 2003Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2003, 11:33 AM CDT for Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2003, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Issaquena 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, 10:50 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 071633
TORJAN
MSC055-071700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1132 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST CARROLL 
  PARISH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING EAST AT 
  30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  MOVE NEAR FITLER BY 1140 AM    

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

LAT...LON 3283 9111 3261 9110 3265 9101 3262 9092
          3267 9098 3284 9100

$$



WFUS54 KJAN 071633 RRA
TORJAN
LAC035-071645-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1129 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR
EAST CARROLL PARISH

AT 1129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR TRANSYLVANIA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE
PROVIDENCE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY...AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY 
TIME. TAKE COVER NOW  IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE 
ALSO EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3279 9134 3261 9134 3260 9113 3279 9117

$$

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, 9:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	58 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, 11:48 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

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.