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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 2000Choctaw County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 3:28 PM CST for Choctaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
Jan 3, 2000, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 4:00 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Choctaw County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 12:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 379 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
427 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 032131
SVRJAN
MSC019-032200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
328 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 328 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF ACKERMAN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR ACKERMAN AT 340 PM CST


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST F&LOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 11:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington50 min
Jan 3, 11:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower35 min
Jan 3, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore28 min
Jan 3, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren35 min
Jan 3, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower24 min
Jan 3, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore49 min
Jan 3, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren28 min
Jan 3, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo36 min
Jan 3, 2:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes43 min
Jan 3, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds43 min
Jan 3, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo25 min
Jan 3, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll36 min
Jan 3, 3:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison27 min
Jan 3, 3:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison29 min
Jan 3, 3:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln37 min
Jan 3, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson47 min
Jan 3, 4:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith39 min
Jan 3, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Jan 3, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton30 min
Jan 3, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale28 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.