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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 2003Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 2:24 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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 24, 2003, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 458 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.3

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The text

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

507 
WFUS54 KJAN 241924
TORJAN
ARC003-242010-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
224 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
* UNTIL 310 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH CROSSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR HAMBURG AT 235 PM CDT
  BE NEAR PORTLAND AT 305 PM CDT
  BE NEAR MONTROSE AT 310 PM CDT

RADAR SHOWS SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING - TAKE COVER NOW

LAT...LON 3324 9204 3308 9194 3326 9145 3351 9145

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley52 min
Apr 24, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot44 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.