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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 457, NWS Jackson, MS

July 16, 2009Montgomery County, Webster County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2009, 10:09 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Montgomery County, MS, Webster County, MS

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.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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

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

0800 PM     HAIL             3 S COLUMBIA            31.21N 89.83W
07/16/2009  E0.50 INCH       MARION             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PEA TO DIME HAIL S OF COLUMBIA.

&&

CME

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 8:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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

MSZ073-074-170130-
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
822 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAMAR AND FORREST COUNTIES...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PURVIS AT 822 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN LAMAR AND CENTRAL FORREST COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.

OLB

Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:59 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 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
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, 10:16 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
Jul 16, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	67 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.