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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2008, 5:02 PM CDT for Rankin County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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 2, 2008, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1080 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
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 2, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 400 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 031145- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 400 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY... NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WINNSBORO...TO CANTON...TO EUPORA. TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH SUNSET AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS TOWARD THE ARKLATEX REGION SHIFTS EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE AREA AFTER 6 PM. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...AND CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD OCCUR WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. THE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS IN AREAS FARTHER NORTHWEST...THEY WILL STILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION BY MID TO LATE MORNING SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME TONIGHT. OF THE GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE THAT AS THE COMPLEX OF STORMS SAGS SOUTH TONIGHT IT MAY BECOME SLOW MOVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...AND THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 08
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 211 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 MSZ054-021955- COPIAH MS- 211 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST COPIAH COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF GALLMAN AT 211 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 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 COPIAH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS AND HAZLEHURST...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. AEC
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 306 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 MSZ054-055-062>064-022035- LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS- 306 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER SONTAG AT 306 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH. PEOPLE IN COPIAH...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAWRENCE...LINCOLN AND SIMPSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MAGEE...MENDENHALL AND PINOLA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS STORM COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. AEG
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 324 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 MSZ049-054-055-063-022055- RANKIN MS-LAWRENCE MS-SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS- 324 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SIMPSON COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER ROCKPORT AT 324 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH. PEOPLE IN COPIAH...LAWRENCE...RANKIN AND SIMPSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MENDENHALL...PINOLA AND STAR...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. AEG
Local storm report, May 2, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
333 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM HAIL 3 ENE FLORA 32.56N 90.26W
05/02/2008 E1.00 INCH MADISON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&Special weather statement, May 2, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 MSZ018-019-022120- BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS- 335 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM IN BOLIVAR COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND BAYOU AT 335 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN BOLIVAR AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SHELBY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BYB
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 400 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 MSZ055-063-064-022145- LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-SIMPSON MS- 400 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL IN LAWRENCE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WANILLA AT 400 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAWRENCE AND SIMPSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MAGEE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. BYB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:39 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 34 more | 23 hr |
| May 1, 9:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 23 hr |
| May 2, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 22 min |
| May 2, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 44 min |
| May 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 18 min |
| May 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 24 min |
| May 2, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 24 more | 16 hr |
| May 2, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 21 min |
| May 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 49 min |
| May 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 63 min |
| May 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 59 min |
| May 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.