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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS

January 24, 2002Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2002, 1:46 PM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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: Jan 24, 2002, 1:46 PM CST (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2002, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rankin County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 24, 1:54 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, MS	A line of severe thunderstorms with destructive, straight-line winds moved through the county. Hardest hit areas were the cities of Richland and Brandon along the Interstate 20 corridor. One house sustained major damage with 4 homes having minor damage. Two b

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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 13 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: 103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 241946
SVRJAN
MSC121-242045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
142 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 142 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST              
  OF MADISON TO JUST WEST OF TERRY IN SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTY...MOVING 
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ALL OF RANKIN COUNTY BETWEEN 145 PM 
AND 3 PM...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  
THE CITY OF RAYMOND IN HINDS COUNTY HAS REPORTED POWER POLES AND 
TREES DOWN.

FIND A SAFE SHELTER NOW.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE UNTIL THE STORMS 
HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3209 9020 3209 8976 3233 8973 3256 8985
          3235 9010

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 Jan 24, 11:20 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 11:20 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

ACTIVE/WET PATTERN CONTINUING OVER LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON. UPDATED ZONES/STATE FORECASTS TO EXTEND FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IN TO CENTRAL MS/FATHER S IN LA. TEMPS FALLING OVER NWRN ZONES
BEHIND FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ADJUSTED TEMP FORECAST TO REFLECT STEADY
DROP DURING AFTERNOON. MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO WINDS ALSO.

.JAN...
AR...FFA THROUGH AFTERNOON.
LA...FFA THROUGH AFTERNOON.
MS...FFA WATCH EXCEPT SRN TIER MS ZONES THROUGH AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 24, 8:17 AM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
817 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

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

0800 AM    DERMOTT                   AR   FLOODING
01/24/02   CHICOT                         MAIN STREET AND ARKANSAS
                                          STREETS REPORTED
                                          IMPASSIBLE.  REPORTED BY
                                          DERMOTT PD.

Local storm report, Jan 24, 10:35 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1035 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

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

1010 AM    GRENADA                   MS   FLOODING
01/24/02   GRENADA                        GRENADA EOC REPORTED
                                          SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. ONE
                                          ROAD SE OF THE CITY HAS
                                          BEEN WASHED OUT. ALSO A
                                          FEW HOUSES ARE NOW BEING
                                          THREATENED.

Local storm report, Jan 24, 10:55 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1055 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

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

1035 AM    RULEVILLE                 MS   FLOODING
01/24/02   SUNFLOWER                      NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
                                          FLOODED. STREET
                                          FLOODING.REPORTED BY
                                          SUNFLOWER COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

1040 AM    CLEVELAND                 MS   FLOODING
01/24/02   BOLIVAR                        REPORTED BY BOLIVAR
                                          COUNTY EMA. STREET
                                          FLOODING

Special weather statement, Jan 24, 11:38 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
251200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1138 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

...THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AS
THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. STRONG JET WINDS ALOFT...COMBINED
WITH HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RESULT
IN SOME SEVERE STORMS WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.

ACTIVATION OF HAM RADIO OPERATORS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTERS IS LIKELY THROUGH
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

...FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI FOR
TODAY.	FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
HARRISONBURG LOUISIANA TO FAYETTE MISSISSIPPI TO QUITMAN THROUGH
LATE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON FROM NATCHEZ TO HATTIESBURG AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP
ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TODAY. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE MOST PERSISTENT ALONG AND JUST TO THE REAR OF THE FRONT.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS AHEAD OF
THE FRONT AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON.
LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON
AS THE FRONT EDGES TO THE SOUTH.

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

Local storm report, Jan 24, 1:13 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
113 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002

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

0109 PM    2SW ETHEL                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
01/24/02   ATTALA                         HAM SPOTTER REPORT OF
                                          TREES DOWN AT
                                          INTERSECTION OF HWY 12
                                          AND NATCHEZ TRACE
                                          PARKWAY.  THE PARKWAY HAS
                                          BEEN CLOSED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 3:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	27 min
Jan 24, 6:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	3 hr
Jan 24, 6:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Grenada	3 hr
Jan 24, 7:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leflore	3 hr
Jan 24, 8:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	3 hr
Jan 24, 8:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar	3 hr
Jan 24, 8:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll	3 hr
Jan 24, 9:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	3 hr
Jan 24, 10:01 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Grenada	3 hr
Jan 24, 11:03 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	3 hr
Jan 24, 11:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	51 min
Jan 24, 12:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	49 min
Jan 24, 1:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	42 min
Jan 24, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	34 min
Jan 24, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	49 min
Jan 24, 2:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Simpson, Smith	54 min
Jan 24, 2:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	29 min
Jan 24, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	35 min
Jan 24, 2:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	35 min
Jan 24, 2:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	32 min
Jan 24, 3:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Marion, Smith	25 min
Jan 24, 3:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	23 min
Jan 24, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	50 min
Jan 24, 3:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	29 min
Jan 24, 3:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar	36 min
Jan 24, 3:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Smith	42 min
Jan 24, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	39 min
Jan 24, 3:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	32 min
Jan 24, 3:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	40 min
Jan 24, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.