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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Jackson, MS

May 20, 2010Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2010, 10:04 PM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 20, 2010, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 20, 9:30 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 9:30 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 7:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
725 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
212015-
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-
305 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH A DIMINISHING RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN RISK WITH ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH
A SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE ARKLAMISS TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS...AND
INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS...BUT
THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN IT IS TODAY.

LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. STORMS MAY TEND TO MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME
AREAS...AND THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR 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...IS NECESSARY THIS EVENING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

EC/50

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 9:09 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 9:23 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 9:51 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 9:59 PM CDT, 5 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
May 20, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	27 min
May 20, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	65 min
May 20, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	2 hr
May 20, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	44 min
May 20, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	67 min
May 20, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	51 min
May 20, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin, Scott	47 min
May 20, 8:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	119 min
May 20, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	12 min
May 20, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Smith	36 min
May 20, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	43 min
May 20, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	43 min
May 21, 11:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	71 hr
May 21, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	39 min
May 21, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	27 min
May 21, 2:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster	2 hr
May 21, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	68 min
May 21, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	41 min
May 21, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	57 min
May 21, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	40 min
May 21, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	64 min
May 21, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.