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Tornado Warning 176, NWS Jackson, MS

August 4, 2003Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 2003, 6:39 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 4, 2003, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2003, 7:10 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lauderdale County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2003-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2264 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 2003-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

664 
WFUS54 KJAN 042339
TORJAN
MSC075-050010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
638 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 710 PM CDT

* AT 638 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC AND WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL 
CLOUD 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN STATION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 
MPH. THE FUNNEL CLOUD IS EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN...AND BECOME A 
TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR TOOMSUBA AT 700 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3238 8853 3244 8863 3251 8873 3259 8865
          3259 8841 3256 8838 3252 8840 3236 8840
          3232 8844

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba45 min
Aug 4, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba41 min
Aug 4, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake43 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.