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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 2000Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 11:40 AM CST for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2000, 11:40 AM CST (17:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 12:15 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sunflower County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
513 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 031744
SVRJAN
MSC133-031815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1215 PM CST

* AT 1140 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR MOORHEAD AT 1150 AM CST
  NEAR SUNFLOWER AT 1155 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE 
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A 
PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL 
INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 11:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington50 min
Jan 3, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore28 min
Jan 3, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren35 min
Jan 3, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower24 min
Jan 3, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore49 min
Jan 3, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren28 min
Jan 3, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo36 min
Jan 3, 2:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes43 min
Jan 3, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds43 min
Jan 3, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo25 min
Jan 3, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll36 min
Jan 3, 3:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison27 min
Jan 3, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw32 min
Jan 3, 3:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison29 min
Jan 3, 3:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln37 min
Jan 3, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson47 min
Jan 3, 4:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith39 min
Jan 3, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Jan 3, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton30 min
Jan 3, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.