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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 275, NWS Jackson, MS

April 3, 2000Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 7:47 AM CDT for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 3, 2000, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Yazoo County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2000-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 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 2000-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 3, 7:25 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:25 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
725 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

UPDATED ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 154 VALID UNTIL 12
NOON OVER SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE FOREC$AST AREA.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams44 min
Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah34 min
Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin2 hr
Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper29 min
Apr 2, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee25 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah31 min
Apr 2, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin44 min
Apr 2, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin41 min
Apr 2, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSimpson44 min
Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba25 min
Apr 2, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln65 min
Apr 2, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper58 min
Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith67 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLincoln44 min
Apr 2, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence60 min
Apr 2, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson44 min
Apr 2, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence44 min
Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin96 min
Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln30 min
Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis30 min
Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington45 min
Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion56 min
Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper24 min
Apr 2, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Smith64 min
Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke50 min
Apr 2, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones43 min
Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke34 min
Apr 2, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah43 min
Apr 3, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin68 min
Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson34 min
Apr 3, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne30 min
Apr 3, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott38 min
Apr 3, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren6 hr
Apr 3, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin32 min
Apr 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott40 min
Apr 3, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott46 min
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba26 min
Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison52 min
Apr 3, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds33 min
Apr 3, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena29 min
Apr 3, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey24 min
Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes43 min
Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren47 min
Apr 3, 6:01 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo44 min
Apr 3, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams35 min
Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams36 min
Apr 3, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson28 min
Apr 3, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson, Lincoln45 min
Apr 3, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison39 min
Apr 3, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison48 min
Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds45 min
Apr 3, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin46 min
Apr 3, 8:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson39 min
Apr 3, 8:42 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Leake48 min
Apr 3, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott39 min
Apr 3, 8:56 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln49 min
Apr 3, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson32 min
Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton53 min
Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith53 min
Apr 3, 9:37 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis38 min
Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba35 min
Apr 3, 9:58 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington47 min
Apr 3, 10:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones, Smith42 min
Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar30 min
Apr 3, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale44 min
Apr 3, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar41 min
Apr 3, 11:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more3 hr
Apr 3, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams43 min
Apr 3, 1:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Holmes116 min
Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes2 hr
Apr 3, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia45 min
Apr 3, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland34 min
Apr 3, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison29 min
Apr 3, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin24 min
Apr 3, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland6 hr
Apr 3, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison40 min
Apr 3, 5:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia47 min
Apr 3, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia45 min

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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.