Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 203, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2003, 5:43 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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, 5:43 AM CST (11:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2003, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jones 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 27, 5:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KJAN 271143
TORJAN
MSC067-271230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
544 AM CST THU NOV 27 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 630 AM CST
* AT 544 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COLLINS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
BE NEAR HEBRON AT 555 AM CST
BE NEAR ELLISVILLE AT 605 AM CST
BE NEAR LAUREL AT 615 AM CST
BE NEAR SANDERSVILLE AT 630 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 3169 8939 3179 8911 3182 8894 3162 8894
3150 8938
$$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, 5:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 43 min |
| Nov 27, 5:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 43 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.