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Tornado Warning 152, NWS Jackson, MS

May 14, 2003Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2003, 10:07 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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 14, 2003, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2003, 10:50 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2003-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

078 
WFUS54 KJAN 150307
TORJAN
MSC091-150350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1006 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1050 PM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST WEST OF 
  COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE 
  HAS HAD REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THIS AREA.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR IMPROVE AT 1030 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3136 9000 3118 8996 3118 8968 3142 8966

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson47 min
May 14, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson21 min
May 14, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne30 min
May 14, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln30 min
May 14, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion45 min
May 14, 9:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWarren2 hr
May 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion45 min
May 14, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds58 min
May 14, 11:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah43 min
May 14, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones48 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.