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Tornado Warning 190, NWS Jackson, MS

November 18, 2003Lowndes County, Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2003, 10:36 AM CST for Lowndes County, Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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: Nov 18, 2003, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2003, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Noxubee County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 18, 6:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 389 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.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 181636
TORJAN
MSC087-103-181700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1036 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1036 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF BROOKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF GOLDEN TRIANGLE AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL LOWNDES COUNTY 

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

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

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3312 8878 3294 8869 3335 8830 3349 8839

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 4:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	58 min
Nov 18, 5:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	60 min
Nov 18, 5:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Warren	31 min
Nov 18, 5:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower	59 min
Nov 18, 5:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	47 min
Nov 18, 5:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	43 min
Nov 18, 6:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys	45 min
Nov 18, 6:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	61 min
Nov 18, 6:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	23 min
Nov 18, 6:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	61 min
Nov 18, 6:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore	45 min
Nov 18, 7:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	46 min
Nov 18, 7:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	60 min
Nov 18, 7:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Madison	58 min
Nov 18, 8:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	45 min
Nov 18, 8:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	45 min
Nov 18, 8:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	42 min
Nov 18, 8:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	18 min
Nov 18, 8:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw	26 min
Nov 18, 8:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha, Winston	46 min
Nov 18, 8:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	61 min
Nov 18, 8:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	30 min
Nov 18, 8:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott	59 min
Nov 18, 8:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	61 min
Nov 18, 9:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	49 min
Nov 18, 9:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	58 min
Nov 18, 9:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	43 min
Nov 18, 9:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw	29 min
Nov 18, 9:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	58 min
Nov 18, 9:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	58 min
Nov 18, 9:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha, Winston	45 min
Nov 18, 9:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	57 min
Nov 18, 9:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	62 min
Nov 18, 9:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	59 min
Nov 18, 9:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	44 min
Nov 18, 9:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Newton	59 min
Nov 18, 9:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	45 min
Nov 18, 10:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	46 min
Nov 18, 10:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	61 min
Nov 18, 10:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	62 min
Nov 18, 10:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	59 min
Nov 18, 10:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	40 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.