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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Jackson, MS

May 5, 2009Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2009, 7:32 PM CDT for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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 5, 2009, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2009, 7:54 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 7:00 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
700 PM CDT TUE MAY 05 2009

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

0654 PM     HAIL             4 E SHIVERS             31.80N 89.92W
05/05/2009  E0.50 INCH       SIMPSON            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME HAIL REPORTED.

&&

JCULIN
Special weather statement, May 5, 7:10 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

MSZ052-060040-
LAUDERDALE MS-
710 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DIME
SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER KEWANEE AT 710 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

MRM
Special weather statement, May 5, 7:11 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
711 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

MSZ052-060040-
LAUDERDALE MS-
711 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DIME
SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WIND WAS LOCATED OVER KEWANEE AT 710 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

MRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith45 min
May 5, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson58 min
May 5, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith19 min
May 5, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith15 min
May 5, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin50 min
May 5, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott38 min
May 5, 9:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Washington30 days
May 5, 9:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson, Warren32 days
May 5, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes51 min
May 5, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll42 min
May 5, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington38 min
May 5, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery43 min
May 5, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada41 min
May 6, 12:19 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery, Webster41 min
May 6, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster51 min
May 6, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster49 min
May 6, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar45 min
May 6, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower7 hr
May 6, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster62 min
May 6, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington58 min
May 6, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery and 3 more8 hr
May 6, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more67 min
May 6, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington49 min
May 6, 6:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more4 hr
May 6, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo53 min
May 6, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more54 min
May 6, 7:15 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston34 min
May 6, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison44 min
May 6, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha49 min
May 6, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Noxubee60 min
May 6, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Yazoo18 days
May 6, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren20 days
May 6, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leake, Madison and 2 more5 hr
May 6, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNeshoba11 hr
May 6, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake72 hr
May 6, 9:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClay4 days
May 6, 10:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more4 hr
May 6, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey36 min
May 6, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren46 min
May 6, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo53 min
May 6, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison43 min
May 6, 11:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCarroll, Leflore70 hr
May 6, 11:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANYazoo31 days
May 6, 11:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANSunflower14 days
May 6, 11:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANSharkey57 hr
May 6, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin48 min
May 6, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin40 min
May 6, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake24 min
May 6, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott42 min
May 6, 12:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery115 min
May 6, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson50 min
May 6, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith57 min
May 6, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson52 min
May 6, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton27 min
May 6, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper50 min
May 6, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln52 min
May 6, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale24 min
May 6, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson45 min
May 6, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson42 min
May 6, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke18 min
May 6, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah13 min
May 6, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence40 min
May 6, 2:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery and 3 more12 hr
May 6, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones18 min
May 6, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln43 min
May 6, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones57 min
May 6, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln63 min
May 6, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar43 min
May 6, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest19 min
May 6, 8:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll4 hr
May 6, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll54 min
May 6, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll53 min
May 6, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll2 hr
May 6, 9:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAshley3 hr

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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.