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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS

April 6, 2003Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2003, 7:34 PM CDT for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 6, 2003, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 6, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 614 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 070034
TORJAN
MSC049-121-070115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
732 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON NEAR COUNTY LINE ROAD...MOVING  
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR NORTHEAST JACKSON...NOW
  BE NEAR LOWER ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR...STAR AT 740 PM CDT   
  BE NEAR NORTH BRANDON AT 745 PM CDT
  BE NEAR FANNIN AT 750 PM CDT
  BE NEAR SANDHILL AT 755 PM CDT
  
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 3241 9008 3240 9019 3207 9046 3207 8977
          3254 8978

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Webster4 hr
Apr 6, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln43 min
Apr 6, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake57 min
Apr 6, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah43 min
Apr 6, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala44 min
Apr 6, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah42 min
Apr 6, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln, Simpson49 min
Apr 6, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott59 min
Apr 6, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston42 min
Apr 6, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis28 min
Apr 6, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton56 min
Apr 6, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Winston6 hr
Apr 6, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith73 min
Apr 6, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee63 min
Apr 6, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo6 hr
Apr 6, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones54 min
Apr 6, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke55 min
Apr 6, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott5 hr
Apr 6, 10:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale6 hr
Apr 7, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin44 min
Apr 7, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton59 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison58 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale, Newton53 min
Apr 7, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison54 min
Apr 7, 2:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba and 4 more3 hr
Apr 7, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin42 min
Apr 7, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott44 min
Apr 7, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton46 min
Apr 7, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton57 min
Apr 7, 4:13 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Apr 7, 5:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Apr 7, 5:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin and 1 more3 hr
Apr 7, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale44 min
Apr 7, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion43 min
Apr 7, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis41 min
Apr 7, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion48 min
Apr 7, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar62 min
Apr 7, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Marion65 min
Apr 7, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest59 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.