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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 681, NWS Jackson, MS

November 9, 2000Covington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:44 AM CST for Covington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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: Nov 9, 2000, 12:44 AM CST (06:44 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2000, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Covington 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
Nov 8, 8:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Nov 9, 12:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 8.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 090644
SVRJAN
MSC031-090730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1244 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1244 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT OLIVE...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES WEST OF COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR MOUNT OLIVE AT 1250 AM CST

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

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

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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 Nov 9, 12:30 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 12:30 AM CST, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1230 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE TOR WATCH NUMBER 791. ALSO...CLEANED UP THE
WESTERN ZONES TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS.

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 8, 6:55 PM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
655 PM CST TUE NOV 08 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    CARLISLE                  MS   WIND DAMAGE
11/08/00   CLAIBORNE                      SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED
                                          TREES DOWN

0621 PM    1 S BRANDON               MS   .75 INCH HAIL
11/08/00   RANKIN                         DIME HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
                                          ALONG HWY 18

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 8, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	37 min
Nov 8, 6:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	46 min
Nov 8, 7:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	50 min
Nov 8, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	41 min
Nov 8, 7:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	47 min
Nov 8, 8:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	48 min
Nov 8, 8:21 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	99 min
Nov 8, 8:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	115 min
Nov 8, 8:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	49 min
Nov 8, 10:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	2 hr
Nov 8, 10:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	47 min
Nov 8, 11:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah	119 min
Nov 8, 11:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	43 min
Nov 9, 12:15 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin	105 min
Nov 9, 12:54 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	3 hr
Nov 9, 12:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar	32 min
Nov 9, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	30 min
Nov 9, 1:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	50 min
Nov 9, 2:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.