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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 381, NWS Jackson, MS

August 10, 2007Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 10, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2007-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 668 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 Aug 10, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:22 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

MSZ051-102105-
NEWTON MS-
322 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED OVER STRATTON AT 322 PM CDT...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN NEWTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEWTON AND
PROSPECT...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:24 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
324 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

MSZ049-102110-
RANKIN MS-
324 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...STRONG THUNDESTORM OVER EASTERN RANKIN COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PELAHATCHIE AT 324 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN RANKIN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:56 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
356 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

LAZ016-025-102140-
TENSAS LA-MADISON LA-
356 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHERN MADISON PARISH AND INTO
NORTHERN TENSAS PARISH...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AFTON AT 356 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN MADISON AND TENSAS PARISHES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones45 min
Aug 10, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper42 min
Aug 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke38 min
Aug 10, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson30 min
Aug 10, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.