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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Jackson, MS

June 17, 2000Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2000, 2:29 PM CDT for Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2000, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2000, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 2:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MSSeveral trees and many large limbs were blown down and caused minor damage to several homes.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2000-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 991 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 2000-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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.

882 
WUUS54 KJAN 171930
SVRJAN
MSC089-121-172000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
229 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RANKIN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF
  MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS.

DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin30 min
Jun 17, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo42 min
Jun 17, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln49 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.