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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2009, 9:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 25, 2009, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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 Mar 25, 8:20 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 8:20 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 8:15 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 815 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 261945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- 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- 815 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT BETWEEN 930 PM AND 4 AM. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 70 MPH AND TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 82...AND THE GREATEST TORNADO RISK WILL BE FROM INTERSTATE 20 SOUTH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT...THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM...AND THE HIGHWAY 45 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. A FEW INTENSE STORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE AS WELL. HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THIS RAISES CONCERNS FOR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS LIKELY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEN...A MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE GATHERING OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION ON FRIDAY AND PUSHING NORTHEAST WITH IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR COMBINING ACROSS OUR REGION FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST RISK APPEARS TO BE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY..HOWEVER A SQUALL LINE SHOULD SWEEP EAST ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BE LOW FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT...MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 08
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
506 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1059 AM TORNADO 9 S MERIDIAN 32.25N 88.71W
03/25/2009 F1 LAUDERDALE MS NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO RATED EF1 WITH ESTIMATED WINDS AT 90-95MPH. PATH
WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS AND PATH LENGTH WAS 5-6 MILES.
TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE LAUDERDALE-CLARKE COUNTY LINE
ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FROM SAM GRAY ROAD. A ROOF
WAS BLOWN OFF A HOUSE...BARN WAS DAMAGED...MULTIPLE TREES
DOWN ALONG THE PATH...TREES DOWN ON A CHURCH.
&&
JCULINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 2:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 2:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 35 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 35 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 26 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 46 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 35 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Richland | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 30 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.