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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

March 18, 2003Newton County, Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2003, 11:45 PM CST for Newton County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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, 11:45 PM CST (05:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2003, 12:30 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Newton County, MS, Scott 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, 10:25 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 190545
TORJAN
MSC101-123-190630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 PM CST TUE MAR 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST

* AT 1145 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PULASKI...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
  FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR FOREST AT 1155 PM CST
  BE NEAR LAKE AT MIDNIGHT CST
  BE NEAR CONEHATTA AT 1210 AM CST
  BE NEAR DECATUR AT 1220 AM CST
  BE NEAR UNION...LITTLE ROCK AT 1225 AM CST

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 3224 8963 3224 8932 3257 8898 3257 8934

$$

CRAVEN

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, 7:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne	61 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 19, 1:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	21 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.