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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Jackson, MS

August 21, 2009Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2009, 7:28 PM CDT for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2009, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lamar County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2009-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2009-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KJAN 220028
SVRJAN
MSC073-220115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0521.090822T0028Z-090822T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
728 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF BAXTERVILLE TO
  7 MILES WEST OF BAXTERVILLE TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXTERVILLE
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BAXTERVILLE BY 740 PM CDT...
  PURVIS AND LUMBERTON BY 800 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

&&

LAT...LON 3100 8947 3100 8950 3102 8951 3102 8954
      3100 8955 3101 8965 3127 8965 3119 8935
      3101 8935 3101 8941 3099 8943 3099 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 293DEG 24KT 3120 8963 3106 8970
          3098 8983

$$

BYB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 220058
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
758 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009

MSC073-220115-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-090822T0115Z/
LAMAR MS-
758 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY...

AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUMBERTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY AT 810 PM CDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

&&

LAT...LON 3100 8947 3100 8950 3102 8951 3102 8954
      3100 8955 3101 8965 3110 8960 3114 8935
      3101 8935 3101 8941 3099 8943 3099 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 293DEG 24KT 3103 8942

$$

BYB
000 
WWUS54 KJAN 220105
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
805 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009

MSC073-220116-
/O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-090822T0115Z/
LAMAR MS-
805 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3100 8947 3100 8950 3102 8951 3102 8954
      3100 8955 3101 8965 3110 8960 3114 8935
      3101 8935 3101 8941 3099 8943 3099 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 293DEG 24KT 3101 8936

$$

BYB

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.