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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Jackson, MS

May 27, 2001Carroll County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 1:18 PM CDT for Carroll County, Holmes 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
May 27, 2001, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2001, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, MS, Holmes County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 1:28 PM CDTHail 0.88Cruger, MS

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2001-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 948 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 2001-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 271820
SVRJAN
MSC015-051-271900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
118 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CRUGER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF
  GREENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  MOVE NEAR AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF CRUGER   

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest33 min
May 27, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott28 min
May 27, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott27 min
May 27, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison37 min
May 27, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton37 min
May 27, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin27 min
May 27, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin13 min
May 27, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington41 min
May 27, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore37 min
May 27, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore43 min
May 27, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes47 min
May 27, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala40 min
May 27, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott45 min
May 27, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada29 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala40 min
May 27, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson41 min
May 27, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake50 min
May 27, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston41 min
May 27, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes24 min
May 27, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin30 min
May 27, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar40 min
May 27, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba43 min
May 27, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.