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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Jackson, MS

March 25, 2000Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2000, 1:41 PM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2000, 1:41 PM CST (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2000, 2:30 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 25, 2:10 PM CSTHail 1.75Benton, MSA few homes and automobiles were damaged.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2000-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 2000-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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.

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 251941
SVRJAN
MSC163-252030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
141 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 141 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15J
  MPH.

THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3300 9036 3283 9042 3272 9010 3289 9000

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.