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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 345, NWS Jackson, MS

May 12, 2009Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2009, 8:26 PM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 12, 2009, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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

Special weather statement, May 12, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
724 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

MSZ026-028-029-032-037-130110-
GRENADA MS-WEBSTER MS-MONTGOMERY MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-
724 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

...SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING EAST OF INTERSTATE 55
IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL
AND 45 MPH WIND GUSTS WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES WEST OF GORE SPRINGS
TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF POSSUMNECK AT 723 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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 NORTHERN ATTALA...WESTERN CHOCTAW...MONTGOMERY...WEBSTER
AND EASTERN GRENADA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

BYB
Special weather statement, May 12, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Local storm report, May 12, 7:31 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 12, 7:45 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 12, 8:09 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 12, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln29 min
May 12, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion49 min
May 12, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion44 min
May 12, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin27 min
May 12, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson46 min
May 12, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis41 min
May 12, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington40 min
May 12, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay40 min
May 13, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay28 min
May 13, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee39 min
May 13, 12:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANAshley47 hr

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.