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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS

March 18, 2003Claiborne County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2003, 7:49 PM CST for Claiborne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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: Mar 18, 2003, 7:49 PM CST (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2003, 8:50 PM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Claiborne 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
Mar 18, 5:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

332 
WFUS54 KJAN 190149
TORJAN
MSC021-190250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
749 PM CST TUE MAR 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 850 PM CST

* AT 749 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF PORT GIBSON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF GRAND GULF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

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

LAT...LON 3191 9095 3201 9107 3210 9099 3215 9077
          3205 9073

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 6:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	58 min
Mar 18, 6:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne	58 min
Mar 18, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	48 min
Mar 18, 7:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	61 min
Mar 18, 7:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Warren	58 min
Mar 18, 7:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	45 min
Mar 18, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	61 min
Mar 18, 8:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	60 min
Mar 18, 8:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	31 min
Mar 18, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson	59 min
Mar 18, 8:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	52 min
Mar 18, 8:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	38 min
Mar 18, 8:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	59 min
Mar 18, 8:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	60 min
Mar 18, 9:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	59 min
Mar 18, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	59 min
Mar 18, 9:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	61 min
Mar 18, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	45 min
Mar 18, 10:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	58 min
Mar 18, 11:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	30 min
Mar 18, 11:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	43 min
Mar 18, 11:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	44 min
Mar 18, 11:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	30 min
Mar 18, 11:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	40 min
Mar 18, 11:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	42 min
Mar 18, 11:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	45 min
Mar 19, 1:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	21 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.