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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS

July 2, 2004Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2004, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 4:40 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2004-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 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 2004-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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.

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 022042
SVRJAN
MSC061-067-022140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
342 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 440 PM CDT

* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES NORTHEAST OF LAUREL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL...
  BE NEAR I-59 EXIT 113 AT 345 PM CDT
  BE NEAR HEIDELBERG AT 350 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 3188 8916 3190 8909 3193 8905 3199 8892
      3183 8890 3182 8894 3176 8894 3172 8909

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 3:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJones92 min
Jul 2, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith62 min
Jul 2, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott58 min
Jul 2, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin44 min
Jul 2, 6:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin89 min
Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren30 min
Jul 2, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.