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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2009, 4:56 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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 2, 2009, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2009, 5:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 2, 4:49 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 4:49 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 343 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 MSZ029-030-032-033-022140- CLAY MS-WEBSTER MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS- 343 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EUPORA MOVING EAST... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER EUPORA AT 342 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS NOW LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AND IT COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES ALONG HIGHWAY 82 THROUGH THE MATHISTON AREA BY 400 PM. 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 EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHERN OKTIBBEHA...EAST CENTRAL WEBSTER AND CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 40
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 429 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 MSZ019-025-035-036-022215- SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS-HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS- 429 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER INVERNESS AT 429 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL HUMPHREYS...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HOLMES... SOUTHERN LEFLORE AND SOUTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. MME
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:39 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 439 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 MSZ031-022210- LOWNDES MS- 439 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COLUMBUS AFB MOVING EAST... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER COLUMBUS AFB AT 438 PM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE HEADING FOR THE CALEDONIA AREA BY 500 PM. 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 NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 59 min |
| May 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 33 min |
| May 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 42 min |
| May 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 60 min |
| May 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 55 min |
| May 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 40 min |
| May 2, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.