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Lake Wind Advisory 9, NWS Jackson, MS

February 6, 20087 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this lake wind advisory at Feb 6, 2008, 4:36 AM CST for 7 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2008, 4:36 AM CST (10:36 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 926 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
5.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Feb 6, 4:21 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:21 AM CST, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 11:02 PM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1102 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
070515-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
1102 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ALONG AND
EAST OF A SQUALL LINE THE REST OF TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN RISK ALONG WITH A FEW TORNADOES...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
INDIANOLA MISSISSIPPI TO LAKE PROVIDENCE TO WINNSBORO LOUISIANA.
LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH HAILSTONES TO GOLFBALL SIZE OR
LARGER.

THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR BY 2 AM AND REACH EAST MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM.

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL OCCUR WHERE BREAKS IN THE LINE OF STORMS
OCCUR OVER SOUTH...CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE AREAS WILL
HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK OF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT.

THE STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REACH
NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA BORDER AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. THE
LAST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL END BY AROUND 8 AM CST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 12:30 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1230 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

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

1210 AM     HAIL             9 NE VICKSBURG          32.42N 90.76W
02/06/2008  E1.75 INCH       WARREN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT OAK RIDGE ROAD.

&&

MME
Local storm report, Feb 6, 12:33 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1233 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

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

1210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 E VICKSBURG           32.33N 90.77W
02/06/2008                   WARREN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS LARGE TREES...POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS
            DOWNED IN EASTERN WARREN COUNTY.

&&

MME
Local storm report, Feb 6, 1:50 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
150 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

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

0143 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW TERRY             32.13N 90.31W
02/06/2008                   HINDS              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND LIMBS DOWN AT TERRY ROAD AND LEBANON PINE GROVE
            ROAD.

&&

JCULIN
Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:14 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
214 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

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

0135 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N CRYSTAL SPRINGS     32.02N 90.36W
02/06/2008                   COPIAH             MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            LIMBS DOWN AND TREE ACROSS THE ROAD BLOCKING HWY 27 NORTH
            OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

&&

JCULIN
Local storm report, Feb 6, 2:23 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
223 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

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

0140 AM     HAIL             FLORENCE                32.15N 90.13W
02/06/2008  M0.75 INCH       RANKIN             MS   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Feb 6, 3:12 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
312 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

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

0135 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 N CRYSTAL SPRINGS     32.02N 90.36W
02/06/2008  E40.00 MPH       COPIAH             MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            LIMBS DOWN AND TREE ACROSS THE ROAD BLOCKING HWY 27 NORTH
            OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

0155 AM     HAIL             7 W LOUISVILLE          33.12N 89.18W
02/06/2008  E0.50 INCH       WINSTON            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 14.

0230 AM     HAIL             4 E STARKVILLE          33.46N 88.75W
02/06/2008  E0.50 INCH       OKTIBBEHA          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE CLAYTON VILLAGE COMMUNITY
            ALONG HWY 182.

0230 AM     HAIL             6 SE STARKVILLE         33.40N 88.75W
02/06/2008  E0.50 INCH       OKTIBBEHA          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZED HAIL IN THE SESSUMS COMMUNITY.

&&

JCULIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar44 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey51 min
Feb 5, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower26 min
Feb 5, 11:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore32 min
Feb 5, 11:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery40 min
Feb 5, 11:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren39 min
Feb 6, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo59 min
Feb 6, 12:38 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo52 min
Feb 6, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson40 min
Feb 6, 12:54 AM CSTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha21 min
Feb 6, 12:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds33 min
Feb 6, 12:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds20 min
Feb 6, 1:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay19 min
Feb 6, 1:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin42 min
Feb 6, 1:22 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes23 min
Feb 6, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Leake35 min
Feb 6, 1:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Winston35 min
Feb 6, 1:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee28 min
Feb 6, 1:51 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee24 min
Feb 6, 2:00 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston45 min
Feb 6, 2:09 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba36 min
Feb 6, 2:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes47 min
Feb 6, 2:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee44 min
Feb 6, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Winston29 min
Feb 6, 3:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee33 min
Feb 6, 3:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke27 min
Feb 5, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland48 min
Feb 5, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll46 min
Feb 5, 10:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCatahoula52 min
Feb 5, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin49 min
Feb 5, 11:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia43 min
Feb 5, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Tensas30 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.