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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 561, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 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
- Oct 15, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
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 Oct 15, 3:09 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 3:09 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 535 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2009 ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>039-044>046-161045- ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL- MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON- HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- 535 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A MOIST AIRMASS AND GOOD INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT RESULTING IN A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRIMARY RISKS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT OTHERWISE IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040>043-047>066-072>074-161045- MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE- COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR- FORREST- 535 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A MOIST AIRMASS AND GOOD INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT RESULTING IN A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRIMARY RISKS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...UP TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.,.BUT ONE OR TWO TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT OTHERWISE IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 15, 11:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1139 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2009 MSZ031-151725- LOWNDES MS- 1139 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2009 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AT 1139 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. 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 CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. COHEN
Local storm report, Oct 15, 1:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
102 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM FUNNEL CLOUD ST. JOSEPH 31.92N 91.24W
10/15/2009 TENSAS LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF REPORTS A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN ST. JOSEPH. NO
REPORTS OF DAMAGE AT THIS TIME.
&&
27Local storm report, Oct 15, 1:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 7:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 5 days |
| Oct 15, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 24 hr |
| Oct 15, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 56 min |
| Oct 15, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Oct 15, 1:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 112 min |
| Oct 15, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Oct 15, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 58 min |
| Oct 15, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 30 min |
| Oct 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 58 min |
| Oct 15, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 65 min |
| Oct 15, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 76 min |
| Oct 15, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 41 min |
| Oct 15, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 81 min |
| Oct 15, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 66 min |
| Oct 15, 11:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 113 min |
| Oct 15, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Tensas | 66 min |
| Oct 15, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 40 min |
| Oct 15, 1:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.