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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 2007Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2007, 11:10 PM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2007, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2007, 11:34 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 3, 10:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 10:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 10:49 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 7:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
718 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0548 PM     HAIL             EUDORA                  33.12N 91.26W
05/03/2007  E1.75 INCH       CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED.

0548 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EUDORA                  33.12N 91.26W
05/03/2007                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SHINGLES BLOWN OFF AND A FEW TREES DOWN IN EUDORA

0554 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE LAKE VILLAGE       33.30N 91.26W
05/03/2007                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON AN RV IN AN RV PARK.

0606 PM     HAIL             HOLLANDALE              33.17N 90.85W
05/03/2007  E0.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY HAIL REPORTED IN HOLLANDALE.

0606 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOLLANDALE              33.17N 90.85W
05/03/2007                   WASHINGTON         MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND HOLLANDALE

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, May 3, 8:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
823 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CROSSETT                33.13N 91.97W
05/03/2007                   ASHLEY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DONW.

&&

AEG

Local storm report, May 3, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
830 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0527 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OAK GROVE               32.86N 91.39W
05/03/2007                   WEST CARROLL       LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND N
            PORTION OF THE PARISH. DAMAGE OCCURRED BETWEEN 527-236
            PM.

&&

AEG

Local storm report, May 3, 8:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
831 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0527 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OAK GROVE               32.86N 91.39W
05/03/2007                   WEST CARROLL       LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND N
            PORTION OF THE PARISH. DAMAGE OCCURRED BETWEEN 527-536
            PM.

&&

AEG

Local storm report, May 3, 8:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
833 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E BASKIN              32.26N 91.70W
05/03/2007                   FRANKLIN           LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW TREES DOWN BETWEEN BASKIN AND GROWVILLE. A TREE
            ALSO DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 555 BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND HAD TO
            BE REMOVED.

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     INVERNESS               33.35N 90.59W
05/03/2007                   SUNFLOWER          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF ONE SIDE OF A HOUSE IN INVERNESS.

0635 PM     HAIL             6 W INVERNESS           33.35N 90.69W
05/03/2007  E0.50 INCH       SUNFLOWER          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME HAIL REPORTED

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOORHEAD                33.45N 90.51W
05/03/2007                   SUNFLOWER          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND MOORHEAD

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, May 3, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	36 min
May 3, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.