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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 576, NWS Jackson, MS

June 27, 2008Covington County, Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

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

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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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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, Jun 27, 5:32 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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

&&

AG
Special 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison39 min
Jun 27, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson51 min
Jun 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson63 min
Jun 27, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin31 min
Jun 27, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds24 min
Jun 27, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds23 min
Jun 27, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower22 min
Jun 27, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin41 min
Jun 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren25 min
Jun 27, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln46 min
Jun 27, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson28 min
Jun 27, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence26 min
Jun 27, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson42 min
Jun 27, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo15 min
Jun 27, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith49 min
Jun 27, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith32 min
Jun 27, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott31 min
Jun 27, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion41 min
Jun 27, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion42 min
Jun 27, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale25 min
Jun 27, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore9 min
Jun 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Montgomery39 min
Jun 27, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton27 min
Jun 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones48 min
Jun 27, 6:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale115 min
Jun 27, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland31 min
Jun 27, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison46 min
Jun 27, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.