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Tornado Warning 175, NWS Jackson, MS

June 18, 2003Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2003, 8:48 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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
Jun 18, 2003, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2003, 9:10 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2003-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2308 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 190148
TORJAN
MSC011-151-190210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
846 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 910 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF SHAW...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF       
  GREENVILLE AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE          
  CONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE PASSING SOUTH OF SHAW ALONG THE COUNTY LINE

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

LAT...LON 3361 9095 3352 9096 3349 9076 3362 9077

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee42 min
Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale45 min
Jun 19, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Jun 19, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper46 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton38 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.