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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 25, 2004Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 2004, 2:41 AM CST for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
Jan 25, 2004, 2:41 AM CST (08:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2004, 3:25 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adams County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2004-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

182 
WUUS54 KJAN 250841
SVRJAN
MSC001-250925-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
241 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 325 AM CST

* AT 241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF NATCHEZ...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF VIDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3170 9139 3149 9144 3156 9118 3161 9117
          3170 9133

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 5:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence30 min
Jan 25, 5:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson37 min
Jan 25, 6:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith44 min
Jan 25, 9:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.