Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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
- Jul 2, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2004, 4:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KJAN 022042
SVRJAN
MSC061-067-022140-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
342 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 440 PM CDT
* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAUREL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
BE NEAR I-59 EXIT 113 AT 345 PM CDT
BE NEAR HEIDELBERG AT 350 PM CDT
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 3188 8916 3190 8909 3193 8905 3199 8892
3183 8890 3182 8894 3176 8894 3172 8909
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 92 min |
| Jul 2, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 89 min |
| Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.