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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Jackson, MS

March 26, 2009Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2009, 3:23 AM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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 26, 2009, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2009, 3:57 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Clarke County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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
Mar 25, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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 26, 3:01 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:01 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 8:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 8 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 26, 1:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
156 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

1210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MCNAIR                  31.64N 91.04W
03/26/2009                   JEFFERSON          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ACROSS MCNAIR ROAD.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Mar 26, 2:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
221 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

0115 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST LINCOLN            31.49N 90.57W
03/26/2009                   LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROADS IN A 7 TO 8 MILE STIP HAVE TREES DOWN.
            JACKSON LIBERTY ROAD IN WEST LINCOLN, HIGHWAY 51 AND
            STONEYBROOK. TREES ARE DOWN ON 2 HOUSES ON PRICEDALE ROAD
            AND THE ROAD IS BLOCKED FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE.

0130 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MONTICELLO              31.55N 90.11W
03/26/2009                   LAWRENCE           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE ACROSS LAWRENCE
            COUNTY.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Mar 26, 2:30 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

0146 AM     TORNADO          MAGEE                   31.87N 89.73W
03/26/2009                   SIMPSON            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MAGEE.
            INJURIES REPORTED...EXTENT AND NUMBER UNKNOWN AT THIS
            TIME. REPORTED BY MAGEE PD.

0201 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W RALEIGH             32.03N 89.61W
03/26/2009                   SMITH              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MEMA AREA COORDINATOR REPORTS THAT HER CARPORT WAS BLOWN
            AWAY.

&&

AEG

Local storm report, Mar 26, 2:46 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
246 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

1255 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BUDE                    31.46N 90.85W
03/26/2009                   FRANKLIN           MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 98 ACROSS THE COUNTY.

&&

JCULIN

Local storm report, Mar 26, 2:58 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 2:59 AM CDT, 24 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
Mar 25, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	38 min
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, 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.