Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2004, 3:40 PM CDT for Covington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2004, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2004, 4:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Covington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Collins, MS | HOUSE DAMAGED |
| May 1, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Collins, MS | LARGE TREE ON TOP OF MOBILE HOME. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553
WUUS54 KJAN 012040
SVRJAN
MSC031-012125-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 425 PM CDT
* AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMSBURG...OR ABOUT
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
BE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG AT 355 PM CDT
BE NEAR COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE AT 405 PM CDT
BE NEAR HOT COFFEE AT 420 PM CDT
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3157 8967 3162 8974 3166 8975 3176 8966
3179 8941 3163 8946 3159 8951
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| May 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 30 min |
| May 1, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| May 1, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| May 1, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 57 min |
| May 1, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 57 min |
| May 1, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 60 min |
| May 1, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 58 min |
| May 1, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 46 min |
| May 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 46 min |
| May 1, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 44 min |
| May 1, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.