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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

February 15, 2003Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2003, 4:23 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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: Feb 15, 2003, 4:23 PM CST (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2003, 4:50 PM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Marion 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
Feb 15, 3:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

477 
WFUS54 KJAN 152223
TORJAN
MSC065-091-152250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
421 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 450 PM CST

* AT 421 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE MARION/JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY LINE 8 
MILES WEST OF BUNKER HILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR BUNKER HILL AT 430 PM CST
  BE NEAR IMPROVE AT 435 PM CST
  BE NEAR PRENTISS AT 445 PM CST
  BE NEAR BASSFIELD AT 450 PM CST

A COUPLE OF WEAK TORNADOES WILL LIKELY BE 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

LAT...LON 3176 8996 3142 8993 3128 8987 3103 8967
          3153 8967 3161 8977 3176 8979

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 2:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	3 hr
Feb 15, 3:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	31 min
Feb 15, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	28 min
Feb 15, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	20 min
Feb 15, 4:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Smith	29 min
Feb 15, 4:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	27 min
Feb 15, 4:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	27 min
Feb 15, 4:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Lamar	31 min
Feb 15, 5:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott	40 min
Feb 15, 5:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	26 min
Feb 15, 5:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	30 min
Feb 15, 5:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	31 min
Feb 15, 5:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	30 min
Feb 15, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Neshoba	47 min
Feb 15, 5:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	42 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.