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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 616, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Montgomery County, Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 6, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2008, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Webster County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1549 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 6, 3:30 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:30 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 126 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 MSZ043-049-050-061855- RANKIN MS-SCOTT MS-MADISON MS- 126 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN MADISON COUNTY AT 126 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. 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 EASTERN MADISON...NORTHERN RANKIN AND SCOTT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. CME
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 127 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 MSZ044-045-061910- LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS- 127 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL OVER LEAKE AND NESHOBA COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO COLLECT IN LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE IN LEAKE AND NESHOBA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CARTHAGE...EDINBURG AND PHILADELPHIA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 7
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 134 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 MSZ074-061920- FORREST MS- 134 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER PETAL AT 134 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE LIKELY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE WATER TO COLLECT IN LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE IN FORREST COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HATTIESBURG AND PETAL...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 7
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 147 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 MSZ043-061915- MADISON MS- 147 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF CANTON AT 147 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 11 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE AT ANY TIME. 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 CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CANTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. CME
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 MSZ065-073-062000- COVINGTON MS-LAMAR MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS- 230 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF SUMRALL AT 230 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE STORM MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. BRIEF DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE WATER TO COLLECT IN LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE IN COVINGTON...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND LAMAR COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 7
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:20 PM CDT, 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 14 min |
| Jul 6, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Lamar | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 19 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.