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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 2003Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 4:35 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar 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
Apr 24, 2003, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 5:20 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 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
479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

867 
WFUS54 KJAN 242135
TORJAN
MSC035-073-242220-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 520 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF      
  BAXTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  BE NEAR BAXTERVILLE AT 445 PM CDT
  BE NEAR LUMBERTON AT 455 PM CDT
  BE NEAR PURVIS AT 510 PM CDT
  BE NEAR CAMP SHELBY AT 520 PM CDT

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

GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3104 8967 3095 8925 3134 8918 3141 8946

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams41 min
Apr 24, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds45 min
Apr 24, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke43 min
Apr 24, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion36 min
Apr 24, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin39 min
Apr 24, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake46 min
Apr 24, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones46 min
Apr 24, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington45 min
Apr 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba42 min
Apr 24, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake, Madison3 hr
Apr 24, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton43 min
Apr 24, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper58 min
Apr 24, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones41 min
Apr 24, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis43 min
Apr 24, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison42 min
Apr 24, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake62 min
Apr 24, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala29 min
Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion28 min
Apr 24, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke38 min
Apr 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba41 min
Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar45 min
Apr 24, 4:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Neshoba3 hr
Apr 24, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston44 min
Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee61 min
Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey41 min
Apr 24, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar45 min
Apr 24, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott47 min
Apr 24, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper32 min
Apr 24, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey44 min
Apr 24, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison41 min
Apr 24, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba47 min
Apr 24, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba and 5 more2 hr
Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston60 min
Apr 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams44 min
Apr 24, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes19 min
Apr 24, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin44 min
Apr 24, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWinston31 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.