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Tornado Warning 148, NWS Jackson, MS

May 7, 2003Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2003, 11:48 AM CDT for Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 12:20 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sharkey County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1680 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 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

214 
WFUS54 KJAN 071648
TORJAN
MSC125-071720-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1148 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1220 PM CDT

* AT 1148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST 
  OF CARY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...MOVING 
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR ONWARD AT 1155 AM 

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

LAT...LON 3285 9095 3267 9095 3267 9073 3287 9074

$$

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, 8:59 PM CDTTornado 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, 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.