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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 20087 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT for 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 2, 11:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 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, 2:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
238 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008

.AVIATION...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR GLH THROUGH 9Z...BUT THE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE WITH VFR
CONDITIONS FOR GLH BY 12Z. MOSTLY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 10Z FOR GWO. WILL GO WITH VFR CONDITIONS
AT GWO BY 12Z ALSO. STORMS HAVE NOT QUITE MOVED INTO ANY OTHER SITES.
HOWEVER...SHOULD SEE TSRA IN JAN/GTR AROUND 9Z. WILL MAINTAIN
CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY 15Z. STILL LOOKS LIKE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
MEI/HBG IN THE 10-12Z TIME FRAME. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AT MEI
AROUND 16Z AND 18Z FOR HBG. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL SITES
BY 00Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       81  52  77  52 /  31   0   0   0
MERIDIAN      80  50  78  47 /  50   3   0   0
VICKSBURG     79  53  79  53 /  18   0   0   0
HATTIESBURG   79  55  82  50 /  61  14   0   0
NATCHEZ       81  55  77  54 /  26   0   0   0
GREENVILLE    77  50  75  51 /  11   0   0   0
GREENWOOD     77  51  75  51 /  12   0   0   0

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR MSZ040>066-
     072>074.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR LAZ009-016-
     023>026.

AR...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 10:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1016 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
040315-
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-
1016 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

...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.

THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BACK INTO
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN QUITE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC
DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...VERY
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.

THE ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF MISSISSIPPI
AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE CONDITIONS
WILL NOT BE AS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS THE SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH
AND EAST...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT.
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 RISK...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ALSO BE A CONCERN. AS THE BOUNDARY SINKS SOUTH TONIGHT...IT MAY SLOW
DOWN OR BRIEFLY STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...GENERALLY
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE
LOUISIANA...TO CAMDEN TO DEKALB MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

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 THROUGH EARLY 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 1:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
155 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

0100 AM     HAIL             2 NW BELZONI            33.20N 90.51W
05/03/2008  E0.75 INCH       HUMPHREYS          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY HAIL REPORTED IN BELLEWOOD.

&&

JFAIRLY

Local storm report, May 3, 2:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
219 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

0206 AM     HAIL             3 E TALLULAH            32.41N 91.14W
05/03/2008  E0.75 INCH       MADISON            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CME

Special weather statement, May 3, 3:00 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008

MSZ031>033-037>039-030900-
LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-NOXUBEE MS-WINSTON MS-
300 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008

...STRONG STORMS PUSHING THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE
GOLDEN TRIANGLE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STARKVILLE TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMYRNA AT 300 AM CDT...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH. PORTIONS OF THIS LINE COULD ATTAIN SEVERE STRENGTH OVER
THE NEXT HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF AS THEY CROSS THE AREA.

PEOPLE IN ATTALA...CHOCTAW...LOWNDES...NOXUBEE...OKTIBBEHA AND
WINSTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS...LOUISVILLE AND
STARKVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

BYB

Local storm report, May 3, 3:35 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

0315 AM     TSTM WND GST     RIDGELAND               32.42N 90.13W
05/03/2008  M58 MPH          MADISON            MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            OFF DUTY BROADCAST MET MEASURED 58 MPH WIND GUST WITH
            ANEMOMETER

&&

Local storm report, May 3, 3:38 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
338 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

0337 AM     HAIL             JACKSON                 32.32N 90.21W
05/03/2008  E0.50 INCH       HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, May 3, 3:49 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
349 AM CDT SAT MAY 03 2008

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

0315 AM     HAIL             ANNANDALE               32.51N 90.19W
05/03/2008  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            MS   PUBLIC

&&

JCULIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	57 min
May 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	53 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar	3 hr
May 2, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	44 min
May 2, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	65 min
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	6 hr
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	55 min
May 2, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	60 min
May 2, 10:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar	3 hr
May 2, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	41 min
May 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	40 min
May 3, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower	38 min
May 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	36 min
May 3, 12:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore	33 min
May 3, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	45 min
May 3, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	46 min
May 3, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Grenada	26 min
May 3, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	38 min
May 3, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	66 min
May 3, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	52 min
May 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	52 min
May 3, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	46 min
May 3, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	39 min
May 3, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	39 min
May 3, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery	49 min
May 3, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	48 min
May 3, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Madison, Yazoo	44 min
May 3, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren	44 min
May 3, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	42 min
May 3, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	54 min
May 3, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson	46 min
May 3, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	52 min
May 3, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	57 min
May 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Scott	49 min
May 3, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	48 min
May 3, 3:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion	48 min
May 3, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	44 min
May 3, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	38 min
May 3, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	34 min
May 3, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	31 min
May 3, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	45 min
May 3, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	43 min
May 3, 4:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	46 min
May 3, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott, Smith	33 min
May 3, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	39 min
May 3, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson, Smith	30 min
May 3, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	52 min
May 3, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	39 min
May 3, 5:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	49 min
May 3, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	33 min
May 3, 6:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	43 min
May 3, 6:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	31 min
May 3, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	18 min
May 2, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	44 min
May 2, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	56 min
May 2, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse	45 min
May 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	67 min
May 2, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	32 min
May 3, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	27 min
May 3, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Richland	59 min
May 3, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	40 min
May 2, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	55 min
May 2, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	86 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.