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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2010, 2:59 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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 9, 2010, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chicot County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 3440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 9, 10:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 2:43 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 243 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 101945- 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- 243 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH ALL AREAS WILL SEE AT LEAST A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS... THE BEST CHANCE WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JONESVILLE TO NATCHEZ TO JACKSON TO MACON. STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...FUELED BY THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS CURRENTLY POSITIONED OVER THE AREA. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AND MOST ACTIVITY WILL END BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 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. 03
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1142 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ARZ074-091725- ASHLEY AR- 1142 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ...STRONG STORM APPROACHING HAMBURG FROM THE SOUTHWEST... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF NORTH CROSSETT AT 1141 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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 ASHLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 40
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:18 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 218 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ARZ075-091945- CHICOT AR- 218 PM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ...STRONG STORM SHOULD PASS NEAR DEWEY THROUGH 300 PM... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCMILLAN CORNER AT 217 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE INCH ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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 NORTHWESTERN CHICOT COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 116 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.