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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

May 1, 2004Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2004, 4:47 PM CDT for Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 min. 7 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, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 5:00 PM CDTHAIL 1Taylorsville, MS
May 1, 5:08 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTaylorsville, MSTREES DOWN OVER MOST OF COUNTY.
May 1, 5:08 PM CDTHAIL 0.754 W Bay Springs, MSNICKEL AND DIME SIZE HAIL ON HWY 528. ALSO TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY 528 IN LAKE COMO AREA.
May 1, 5:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 W Bay Springs, MSHAIL REPORTED ON HWY 528 NEAR HOLDERS CHURCH. TREE ACROSS ROAD ON HWY 528.
May 1, 5:27 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBay Springs, MSTREES DOWN ON DENTIST OFFICE. RADIO ATTENNA ON BUSINESS BUILDING.
May 1, 5:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBay Springs, MSTREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE 59 AT MARKER 117. TREES DOWN OUTSIDE OF CD OFFICE.
May 1, 5:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBay Springs, MSSOME TREES, POWER LINES, AND PHONE SYSTEMS DOWN. ALSO IN LAKE COMO AREA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2004-05-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2004-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

776 
WFUS54 KJAN 012147
TORJAN
MSC061-129-012245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
446 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAYLORSVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STRINGER BY 500 PM CDT
  BAY SPRINGS BY 510 PM CDT
  PAULDING BY 540 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3180 8948 3181 8930 3197 8891 3217 8909

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest28 min
May 1, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar30 min
May 1, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis46 min
May 1, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington45 min
May 1, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis43 min
May 1, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence44 min
May 1, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith57 min
May 1, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson57 min
May 1, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence60 min
May 1, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba46 min
May 1, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee46 min
May 1, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke44 min
May 1, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale45 min
May 1, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale41 min
May 1, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper28 min
May 1, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee22 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.