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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Jackson, MS

June 2, 2010Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2010, 2:38 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 2, 2010, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2010, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2010-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2069 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2010-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
2069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 2, 10:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
957 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
031500-
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-
957 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING...WITH THIS
ACTIVITY CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. A FEW STORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHIFTS EAST INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL
CAUSE A WEAK FRONT TO SINK SOUTH TOWARDS THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THESE FEATURES...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND A MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND AS
WELL AS SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.

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

BK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:45 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:51 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
151 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

MSZ073-074-021935-
FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
151 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUMBERTON AT 150 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR AND SOUTHERN FORREST COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CLOSELY.

JA
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:03 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
203 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

MSZ027-036-021950-
CARROLL MS-HOLMES MS-
203 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON AT 203
PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL HOLMES AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

JA
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:07 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
207 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

MSZ030-031-021935-
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-
207 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WERE LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND
NEAR WEST POINT...AT 207 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN LOWNDES AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR
THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

BK
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
213 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

MSZ054-062-022000-
LINCOLN MS
213 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER BROOKHAVEN AT 213 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

JA
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:19 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
219 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

LAZ024-026-022000-
CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA-
219 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYNA AT 219 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL CONCORDIA AND SOUTHERN CATAHOULA PARISHES
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

JA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion46 min
Jun 2, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln56 min
Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLincoln23 min
Jun 2, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Webster29 min
Jun 2, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha32 min
Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale115 min
Jun 2, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia49 min
Jun 2, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2010Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.