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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

February 15, 2003Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2003, 6:44 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
Feb 15, 2003, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2003, 7:25 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lauderdale County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 15, 3:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2003-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

434 
WFUS54 KJAN 160044
TORJAN
MSC075-160125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
641 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 725 PM CST

* AT 641 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTH OF NELLIEBURG...OR ABOUT 11 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE ROTATING PORTION OF THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE 
SOUTHERN PORTION OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY BETWEEN BASIC AND INCREASE 
ALONG HIGHWAY 45 SHORTLY.  

AT 550 PM...WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM ALONG THE 
JASPER/JONES COUNTY LINE NEAR MOSS. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR NELLIEBURG AT 705 PM CST
  BE NEAR MERIDIAN AT 710 PM CST
  BE NEAR WHYNOT AT 715 PM CST
  BE NEAR MARION AT 720 PM CST
  BE NEAR TOOMSUBA AT 725 PM CST

LAT...LON 3251 8875 3226 8888 3225 8846 3256 8842

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones30 min
Feb 15, 6:24 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper36 min
Feb 15, 7:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar43 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.