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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Jackson, MS

June 9, 2010Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2010-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3440 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 2010-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
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

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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 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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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.

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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.

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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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, Richland43 min
Jun 9, 6:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMorehouse, Richland116 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.