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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Jackson, MS

April 12, 20096 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 12, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2009, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2009-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2009-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 448 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
448 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
681 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 Apr 12, 9:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 9:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
940 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

.UPDATE...A WAKE LOW EVENT CONTINUED ACROSS NERN MS NEAR THE EDGE OF
THE MCS RAIN SHIELD WITH THE LATEST GUST OF 47KTS AT KCBM AT 0222Z.
HIGH WIND WARNING EXTENDED FOR LOWNDES UNTIL 11 PM. OTHERWISE...THE
TOR WW 146 CONTINUING OVER SERN MS WITH PRIMARY BAND OF CONVECTION
NOW STRADDLING A COLUMBIA TO QUITMAN LINE. THE LINE HAS SLOWED THE
EWD PROGRESS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS RESULTING IN SEVERAL FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES SHOWING UP IN FFMP QPE ALONG HIGHWAY 84
FROM COLLINS TO BROOKHAVEN. WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN TRIMMING THE
ADVISORIES/WATCHES FROM THE SW AS THE SYSTEM EDGES EWD THRU MIDNIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...
WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS IN RAIN/TSRA WITH EMBEDDED PERIODS OF
IFR IN HEAVIER RAIN/HAIL. ONCE THE RAIN ENDS...CEILINGS WILL LIKELY
DROP TO IFR FOR SEVERAL HOURS 08-14Z BEFORE IMPROVING TO VFR WITH
DRIER AIR MIXING DOWN FROM ALOFT DURING MIDDAY MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       57  77  48  67 /  61  24  20   5
MERIDIAN      60  76  47  69 /  89  44  34   6
VICKSBURG     57  76  47  69 /  33  18  12   5
HATTIESBURG   62  77  54  71 /  99  42  27   8
NATCHEZ       58  77  48  70 /  30  19  12   4
GREENVILLE    55  71  47  66 /  30  31  11   4
GREENWOOD     57  75  46  65 /  31  31  11   5

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR MSZ028>033-
     037>039-044>046-050>052-056>058-065-066-073-074.

     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MSZ031.

LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

40
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 1:17 PM CDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

LAZ016-023>026-MSZ042>066-072>074-131830-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-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-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE
AFTERNOON...THROUGH THIS EVENING TILL AROUND 3 AM AS A SQUALL LINE
PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR
SOME OF THIS TO REACH SIGNIFICANT LEVELS WITH DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 75 MPH AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES. LOOK FOR THE MAIN
ACTIVITY TO OCCUR WEST OF I-55 BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM...THEN ALONG AND
EAST OF I-55 FROM 8 PM TO 3 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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 NEED TONIGHT.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025-034>036-040-041-131830-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-
SHARKEY-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND THE DELTA REGION OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON TILL 8 PM. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY EVEN A TORNADO MAY BE
POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS CLOSER TO I-20. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL
EXIT THE AREA BY 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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 MID EVENING.

MSZ026>033-037>039-131830-
GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-
ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 8 PM AND
3 AM AS A LINE OF STORMS PUSH ACROSS THE REGION. PENNY TO QUARTER
SIZED HAIL LOOK TO BE THE PRIMARY RISK. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND AND
EVEN A TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE THE CLOSER TO I-20 YOU ARE LOCATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS SAME AREA MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LOW MOVE OVER THE REGION. HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM.

OTHER WISE...THE PROBABILITY OF 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 AND THEN POSSIBLY AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

CME

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 9:17 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
917 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0915 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BOGUE CHITTO            31.43N 90.45W
04/12/2009                   LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EXTENSIVE FLASH FLOODING IN ACROSS LINCOLN
            COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
            NUMEROUS ROADS UNDERWATER INCLUDING SEVERAL THAT DO NOT
            TYPICALLY FLOOD. WATER RESCUE OF PERSON TRAPPED IN CAR
            TAKING PLACE ALONG SUMMIT ROAD NEAR PIKE COUNTY LINE. 3-5
            INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 90 MIN.

0900 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SE COLLINS            31.59N 89.50W
04/12/2009  E70 MPH          COVINGTON          MS   PUBLIC

            TWO REPORTS OF ESTIMATED WINDS OF 70 MPH BETWEEN COLLINS
            AND SEMINARY. SO REPORTS NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ACROSS
            THE COUNTY.

&&

GRG
Local storm report, Apr 12, 9:23 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
923 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0922 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S HEIDELBERG          31.85N 88.99W
04/12/2009                   JASPER             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 31

0848 PM     HAIL             STRINGER                31.87N 89.26W
04/12/2009  E0.75 INCH       JASPER             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

GRG
Local storm report, Apr 12, 9:25 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
925 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

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

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW MEADVILLE          31.49N 90.92W
04/12/2009                   FRANKLIN           MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

0624 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S BUDE                31.45N 90.85W
04/12/2009                   FRANKLIN           MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUPLE TREES DOWN OFF HWY 98.

&&

CME
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson56 min
Apr 12, 7:27 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Clay, Leake, Montgomery, Neshoba and 3 more93 min
Apr 12, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson62 min
Apr 12, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln3 hr
Apr 12, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith65 min
Apr 12, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis63 min
Apr 12, 8:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence3 hr
Apr 12, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones53 min
Apr 12, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion3 hr
Apr 12, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones53 min
Apr 12, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper57 min
Apr 12, 9:25 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningJANLowndes61 min
Apr 12, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion54 min
Apr 12, 10:38 PM CDTWind AdvisoryJANClarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes and 5 more2 hr
Apr 12, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar58 min
Apr 12, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Jones44 min
Apr 12, 11:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion114 min
Apr 12, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar52 min
Apr 12, 11:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion2 hr
Apr 12, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more6 hr
Apr 13, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar60 min
Apr 13, 12:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar106 min
Apr 13, 1:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest12 min
Apr 13, 1:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion6 hr
Apr 13, 2:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion6 hr
Apr 13, 4:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest39 hr
Apr 13, 6:18 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryJANAdams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 18 more81 min
Apr 13, 10:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence11 hr
Apr 13, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion54 min
Apr 13, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones46 min
Apr 13, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence33 min
Apr 13, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Simpson43 min
Apr 13, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.