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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Jackson, MS

June 28, 2010Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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 28, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bolivar County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2010-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2010-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 28, 9:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 2:30 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
291930-
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-
230 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH...WITH THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OCCURRING UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

FOR TUESDAY...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE
STRONG AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WITH THE MOST LIKELY TIME
FOR STRONG STORMS OCCURRING BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS
ON TUESDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A CONCERN WHERE STORMS MOVE
OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

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 SUNDAY.

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

COHEN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:26 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
226 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

ARZ074-075-282005-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-
226 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM SNYDER TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE VILLAGE
AT 225 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

IN ADDITION VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL CHICOT AND NORTHEASTERN ASHLEY COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:41 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
241 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

MSZ051-052-057-058-282030-
CLARKE MS-JASPER MS-NEWTON MS-LAUDERDALE MS-
241 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME
SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER CLARKE...JASPER
AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY.

IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS. RAINFALL RATES WERE HEAVIEST FROM MEEHAN TO MIDDLETON.

PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE...SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON...JASPER AND CLARKE
COUNTIES 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 27, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin38 min
Jun 27, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin22 min
Jun 28, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower43 min
Jun 28, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw19 min
Jun 28, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha, Winston39 min
Jun 28, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln48 min
Jun 28, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith41 min
Jun 28, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington44 min
Jun 28, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin39 min
Jun 28, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott47 min
Jun 28, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper46 min
Jun 28, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower43 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower31 min
Jun 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee28 min
Jun 28, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada25 min
Jun 28, 5:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWinston2 hr
Jun 28, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery29 min
Jun 28, 6:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery96 min
Jun 28, 6:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo64 min
Jun 28, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWest Carroll25 min

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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.