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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Jackson, MS

August 9, 2000Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 5:03 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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
Aug 9, 2000, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 5:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindShubuta, MSSeveral trees were blown down near highway 45.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2000-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1420 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
1420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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 
WUUS54 KJAN 092204
SVRJAN
MSC023-092245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
503 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHUBUTA...MOVING SOUTHWEST   
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR SHUBUTA AT 515 PM CDT

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

65

LAT...LON 3183 8854 3201 8854 3203 8886 3182 8886

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper45 min
Aug 9, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba39 min
Aug 9, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale46 min
Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba35 min
Aug 9, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston40 min
Aug 9, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba37 min
Aug 9, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott27 min
Aug 9, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake36 min
Aug 9, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes40 min
Aug 9, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott33 min
Aug 9, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake45 min
Aug 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott45 min
Aug 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin59 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.