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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Jackson, MS

July 22, 2002Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 4:18 PM CDT for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2002, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2002, 5:05 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 22, 5:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Bentonia, MS	Several trees were blown down across State Road 433.

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.

Did it verify

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 2051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

018 
WUUS54 KJAN 222118
SVRJAN
MSC163-222205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
418 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 505 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR SATARTIA AT 425 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3300 9023 3284 9054 3256 9059 3276 9011

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 Jul 22, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
245 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

ACTIVE CONVECTION IS ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. NO AVAILABLE SOUNDING HERE THIS MORNING DUE TO EQUIPMENT
PROBLEMS...BUT BIRMINGHAM SOUNDING FROM TODAY SHOWED VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS IN PLACE. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SOME DRY AIR
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS DRY AIR IS HELPING TO DESTABILIZE
THE AIRMASS OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. WITH A COLD FRONT DIPPING INTO
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BY TUESDAY
NIGHT...EXPECT CONTINUED SCATTERED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY
IN THE CONTINUED WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WILL ALSO CONTINUE
MENTION OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE FRONT. THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ON
WEDNESDAY WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT IS ABLE TO MOVE.
THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SOUTH...BUT DRIER
AIR SHOULD AT LEAST GET INTO NORTHERN SECTIONS ON WEDNESDAY AND
ALLOW FOR REDUCED CONVECTION THERE.

FOR TEMPERATURES...THE APPROACHING FRONT WILL HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT ON
TEMPERATURES IN OUR FORECAST AREA. THE AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE VERY WARM AND HUMID WITH THE DEEP LAYER OF DRIER AIR
ABOVE THE SURFACE HELPING TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION AND CLOUDS BUT
ALLOWING MORE SUNSHINE TO KEEP THINGS SEASONABLY HOT.

IN THE EXTENDED...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE LATEST AVN MODEL RUN
IS STILL SHOWING DRIER AIR IN THE AREA FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE AVN EXTENDED MODEL IS
BUILDING A 500 MB RIDGE OVER SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WHICH SHOULD HELP TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CONVECTION IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WILL GENERALLY GO WITH JUST SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE UP AROUND 95 EACH DAY ACROSS THE REGION.

JAN 71/92/73/92 2334
MEI 72/93/73/92 2334

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 11:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1105 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0318 PM    STRINGER                  MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/21/02   JASPER                         REPORTED BY CIVIL
                                          DEFENSE

0610 PM    MANTEE                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/21/02   WEBSTER                        TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC

Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0155 PM    BROOKHAVEN                MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/22/02   LINCOLN                        DIME-SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          ON SR 583 JUST SOUTHEAST
                                          OF BROOKHAVEN.  REPORTED
                                          BY LINCOLN COUNTY EMA.

0201 PM    BROOKHAVEN                MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/22/02   LINCOLN                        DIME-SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          AT THE INTERSECTION OF US
                                          HWY 84 AND HOG CHAIN
                                          DRIVE.  HAIL WAS FALLING
                                          SO HEAVILY THAT IT
                                          REDUCED VISIBILITY AND
                                          FORCED MOTORISTS TO PULL
                                          OFF THE HIGHWAY.
                                          REPORTED BY LINCOLN
                                          COUNTY EMA.

Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM    3NE BURNSIDE              MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/22/02   NESHOBA                        NICKEL- TO QUARTER-SIZED
                                          HAIL REPORTED IN THE
                                          NORTH BEND COMMUNITY.
                                          REPORTED BY NESHOBA
                                          COUNTY EMA.

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
317 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0250 PM    BYRAM                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/02   HINDS                          WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF
                                          BUILDINGS.  NUMEROUS
                                          POWER OUTAGES IN THE
                                          AREA.  REPORTED BY HINDS
                                          COUNTY EMA.

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:22 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
231200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER MUCH OF
MISSISSPPI...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS AND DIME SIZE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS.  THE STORMS WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY IN COVERAGE AFTER
SUNSET.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:14 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
414 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0238 PM    GREENWOOD AP              MS   WIND DAMAGE
07/22/02   CARROLL                        HIGH WINDS FLIPPED
                                          PLANES...DAMAGED
                                          HANGARS...AND DESTROYED A
                                          SHED.  REPORTED BY THE
                                          GREENWOOD AIRPORT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	45 min
Jul 22, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	43 min
Jul 22, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	41 min
Jul 22, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	46 min
Jul 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	44 min
Jul 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	40 min
Jul 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	45 min
Jul 22, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	45 min
Jul 22, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	43 min
Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	42 min
Jul 22, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery	50 min
Jul 22, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	46 min
Jul 22, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	43 min
Jul 22, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	44 min
Jul 22, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	42 min
Jul 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	46 min
Jul 22, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	44 min
Jul 22, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.