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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Jackson, MS

May 3, 20098 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2009, 10:31 AM CDT for 8 counties in 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: May 3, 2009, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2009, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 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 3, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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, 17 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 4:49 PM CDT, 17 hours 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington	39 min
May 2, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	37 min
May 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	32 min
May 2, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys	54 min
May 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	51 min
May 2, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	51 min
May 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala	31 min
May 2, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	58 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	44 min
May 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	60 min
May 2, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	54 min
May 2, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	50 min
May 2, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	49 min
May 2, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Winston	26 min
May 2, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	42 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	41 min
May 2, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	23 min
May 3, 4:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 12 more	11 hr
May 3, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	40 min
May 3, 6:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison	36 min
May 3, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Scott and 1 more	45 min
May 3, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	47 min
May 3, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	61 min
May 3, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	55 min
May 3, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	66 min
May 3, 9:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	56 min
May 3, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	65 min
May 3, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	17 days
May 3, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren	63 min
May 3, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	48 hr
May 3, 10:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more	3 hr
May 3, 10:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	44 min
May 3, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	61 min
May 3, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	65 min
May 3, 11:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower and 1 more	4 hr
May 3, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	66 min
May 3, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	46 min
May 3, 11:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	38 min
May 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton	58 min
May 3, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	31 min
May 3, 12:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	2 hr
May 3, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	21 min
May 3, 12:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Webster	12 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	9 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	9 hr
May 3, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 hr
May 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more	3 hr
May 2, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	67 min
May 3, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	66 min
May 3, 8:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	54 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.