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Tornado Warning 99, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 2003Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 6:54 PM CDT for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Winston County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

729 
WFUS54 KJAN 242354
TORJAN
MSC159-250025-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 725 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF NOXAPATER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...
  REMAIN OVER RURAL WINSTON COUNTY 

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

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
BE READY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...VIOLENT WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

LAT...LON 3298 8913 3298 8882 3327 8882 3328 8894

$$

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, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar45 min
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

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.