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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 576, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 6:01 PM CDT for Covington County, Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 27, 2008, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jun 27, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 282030- 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- 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN DIMES OR WINDS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MANY STORMS AND THE QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL THEY COULD DELIVER IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY CAUSE MINOR PONDING OF WATER ISSUES. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PARKED OVER THE ARKLAMISS WILL ONCE AGAIN COMBINE WITH MOIST FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. LEVELS OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE WIDESPREAD PRODUCTION OF SEVERE STORMS...BUT POCKETS OF HIGHER INSTABILITY SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE SOME INTENSE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THIS TIME FRAME ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE COMBINATION OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT SHOULD GENERATE POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE REGION DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE ARKLAMISS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT MORE SO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY. MOST CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE A TENDENCY TO WEAKEN AS THEY HEAD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...BUT LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY WILL STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EXPERIENCE SOME SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. CAB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 431 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 MSZ025-027-036-272215- LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-HOLMES MS- 431 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF SEVEN PINES AT 431 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. PEOPLE IN CARROLL...HOLMES AND LEFLORE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. MME
Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 532 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ARZ074-075-272320- ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR- 532 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER AT 532 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN ASHLEY AND CHICOT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. JC
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:33 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
533 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW PUCKETT 32.09N 89.79W
06/27/2008 RANKIN MS NWS EMPLOYEE
2 TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 18 JUST NW OF PUCKETT
&&
AGSpecial weather statement, Jun 27, 5:44 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 544 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 MSZ025-027-036-272325- LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-HOLMES MS- 544 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF SIDON AT 544 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CARROLL...HOLMES AND LEFLORE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. JC
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 22 min |
| Jun 27, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 15 min |
| Jun 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 9 min |
| Jun 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 115 min |
| Jun 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 40 min |
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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.