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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

February 13, 2000Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 4:43 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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
Feb 13, 2000, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2000, 5:15 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Hinds County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 13, 4:55 PM CSTThunderstorm WindRaymond, MSA few trees were blown down.
Feb 13, 5:10 PM CSTThunderstorm WindJackson, MSA few trees were blown down.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 13, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 13, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2000-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 
TTAA00 KJAN 132246
SVRJAN
MSC049-132315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
443 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 443 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF RAYMOND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR CLINTON AT 450 PM CST
  NEAR JACKSON AT 500 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER WHILE THE STORM PASSES.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 2:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar25 min
Feb 13, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena35 min
Feb 13, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey30 min
Feb 13, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo36 min
Feb 13, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren50 min
Feb 13, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes43 min
Feb 13, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Feb 13, 5:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin35 min
Feb 13, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott37 min
Feb 13, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba35 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.