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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 446, NWS Jackson, MS

July 16, 2009Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2009, 7:53 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 67 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: Jul 16, 2009, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

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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
Jul 16, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:17 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:23 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:24 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:27 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
727 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

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

0722 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE RAYMOND            32.29N 90.39W
07/16/2009                   HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG CLINTON BLVD AND NATCHEZ TRACE
            PARKWAY.

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE RAYMOND            32.29N 90.39W
07/16/2009                   HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG CLINTON BLVD AND NATHEZ TRACE
            PARKWAY.

&&

JALLEN

Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:28 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
736 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-034-170145-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-BOLIVAR MS-WASHINGTON MS-
736 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD ASHLEY...
CHICOT...BOLIVAR...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 732 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD ASHLEY AND
CHICOT COUNTIES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND BOLIVAR AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT LEAST 40 TO 50 MPH WIND
GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS THE MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER 8 PM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN BOLIVAR...CHICOT AND
ASHLEY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

EEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	20 min
Jul 16, 7:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds	87 min
Jul 16, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	81 min
Jul 16, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	31 min
Jul 16, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	75 min
Jul 16, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	68 min
Jul 16, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	74 min
Jul 16, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	44 min
Jul 16, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	40 min
Jul 16, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	29 min
Jul 16, 10:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Webster	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery, Webster	51 min
Jul 16, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore	59 min
Jul 16, 11:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Montgomery	117 min
Jul 16, 11:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha	116 min
Jul 16, 11:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Grenada	118 min
Jul 17, 5:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	78 min
Jul 16, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	79 min
Jul 16, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	43 min

Nearby

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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.