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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Jackson, MS

April 6, 20034 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2003, 8:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 73 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, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.

662 
WFUS54 KJAN 070147
TORJAN
MSC031-065-127-129-070300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF CLEM...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
MAGEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED MAJOR DAMAGE IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO.  
BASEBALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM. 

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR CLEM AT 850 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MAGEE AT 900 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MOUNT OLIVE AT 905 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MIZE AT 925 PM CDT
  BE NEAR HOT COFFEE AT 930 PM CDT
  BE NEAR TAYLORSVILLE AT 935 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO..TAKE COVER
NOW

LAT...LON 3191 8998 3162 8997 3162 8974 3170 8942
          3182 8942 3182 8933 3206 8933

$$

CRAVEN

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, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin41 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, 8:57 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.