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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 613, NWS Jackson, MS

August 31, 2000Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2000, 2:16 PM CDT for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 31, 2000, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2000, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 31, 2:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindWest Lincoln, MSNumerous trees were blown down. Several trees caused minor damage to several homes. Some power lines were knocked down by fallen trees and limbs. Porches were blown off of several mobile homes. A few homes and other buildings received minor roof damage.
Aug 31, 2:30 PM CDTHail 1West Lincoln, MSHail caused minor roof damage to several buildings.

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2000-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1399 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 2000-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 311917
SVRJAN
MSC037-085-311945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
216 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
TWO   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES WEST OF BROOKHAVEN AND TEN MILES 
EAST OF BUDE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE OVER RURAL AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 84.

DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN 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
Aug 30, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar28 min
Aug 31, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin31 min
Aug 31, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion28 min
Aug 31, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington25 min
Aug 31, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar37 min
Aug 31, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington44 min
Aug 31, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis25 min
Aug 31, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones34 min
Aug 31, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest28 min
Aug 31, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar41 min
Aug 31, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison41 min
Aug 31, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones47 min
Aug 31, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith38 min
Aug 31, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin42 min
Aug 31, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis42 min
Aug 31, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson35 min
Aug 31, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Smith37 min
Aug 31, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis36 min
Aug 31, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln47 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.