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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Jackson, MS

April 11, 20084 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2008, 11:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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: Apr 11, 2008, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2008, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Webster County, MS

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Apr 11, 11:25 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 11:25 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 9:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 10:56 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:14 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1114 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

MSZ036-111645-
HOLMES MS-
1114 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF THORNTON AT 1114 AM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY...AFFECTING THE
TCHULA AREA.

PEOPLE IN HOLMES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF TCHULA...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

EEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	36 min
Apr 11, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	61 min
Apr 11, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison	21 min
Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	29 min
Apr 11, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	48 min
Apr 11, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	10 min
Apr 11, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	42 min
Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	31 min
Apr 11, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	33 min
Apr 11, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	46 min
Apr 11, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	20 min
Apr 11, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	29 min
Apr 11, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	34 min
Apr 11, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	17 min
Apr 11, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	25 min
Apr 11, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	31 min
Apr 11, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	14 min
Apr 11, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	28 min
Apr 11, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.