Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Apr 8, 2002, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 2002, 1:30 PM CDT

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, MS

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 081755
SVRJAN
MSC077-081830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1254 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF
  BROOKHAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR NEW HEBRON AT 105 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

WINDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3148 9018 3169 9022 3175 9011 3173 8998
          3164 8998

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 8, 9:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
945 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

FIRST ROUND OF ACTIVE WEATHER DYING DOWN AND EXPECT MORE DEVELOPMENT
THIS AFTERNOON WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...FLOODING...AND
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH.

EARLY MORNING MCS HAS ABOUT ENDED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG I-59.
MOST STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH
RANGE EXCEPT LOCALLY 2 INCHES IN NERN LA. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO
PUSH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TO THIS AFTERNOON AS DIFFERENTIAL
DIVERGENCE COUPLET(300-850MB) MOVES UP THE MS RIVER FROM 18Z TO 03Z.
UNDER C-11 WILL SHORTEN WORDING SOME ALSO BY REMOVING ASSUMED
CATEGORICAL POPS AT LEAST IN FIRST PERIOD.

CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...EARLY ONSET OF RAIN HAS STABILIZED
AIRMASS TEMPORARILY HOWEVER 0-3KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES OF
400(META) TO 600(RUC) M2/S2 STILL IN TACT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT
ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL MEAN MOSTLY LARGE HAIL THREAT AS STORMS
MOVE NE ACROSS THE RAIN-COOLED DOME. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SEVERE FOR
NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND ADD HEAVY RAINS FOR SERN
PORTIONS TONIGHT AS MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVES EASTWARD TONIGHT. MAY
HAVE TO EXPAND FLOOD WATCH SEWD FOR TONIGHT.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
JAN 070/062 075/058 075 +86-0
MEI 071/061 073/056 075 88710

.JAN...
AR...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY...EXTREME
SOUTHEAST AR ZONES.
LA....FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY IN NORTHEAST
LA ZONES
MS...WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ALL THE KJAN MS ZONES. FLOOD WATCH
FOR TODAY FOR ALL KJAN ZONES ALONG AND WEST OF EUPORA TO KOSCIUSKO
TO BRANDON TO BROOKHAVEN LINE.

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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.