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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 8:36 AM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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, 8:36 AM CDT (13:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Simpson County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KJAN 031337 SVRJAN MSC127-031415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 836 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 915 AM CDT * AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRAXTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR BRAXTON AT 855 AM CDT DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDO WS. 74
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, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 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. 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 67 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 96 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 68 min |
| Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 9:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 9:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 10:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 1:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes | 116 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes | 2 hr |
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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.