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Tornado Warning 201, NWS Jackson, MS

November 27, 2003Covington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2003, 5:27 AM CST for Covington 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: Nov 27, 2003, 5:27 AM CST (11:27 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2003, 6:10 AM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 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 271127
TORJAN
MSC031-271210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
527 AM CST THU NOV 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 610 AM CST

* AT 527 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSBURG...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG AT 530 AM CST
  BE NEAR COLLINS AT 535 AM CST
  BE NEAR SEMINARY AT 540 AM CST

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3151 8957 3156 8962 3159 8970 3171 8941
          3150 8940 3146 8957

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 26, 10:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	32 min
Nov 27, 2:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	61 min
Nov 27, 2:39 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	61 min
Nov 27, 3:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	45 min
Nov 27, 3:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	45 min
Nov 27, 4:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	48 min
Nov 27, 4:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	46 min
Nov 27, 4:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	43 min
Nov 27, 4:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	43 min
Nov 27, 4:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	58 min
Nov 27, 5:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	46 min
Nov 27, 5:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	18 min
Nov 27, 5:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	43 min
Nov 27, 5:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	47 min
Nov 27, 7:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	95 min
Nov 27, 4:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	46 min
Nov 27, 5:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Madison	45 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.