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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 461, NWS Jackson, MS

August 15, 2010Webster County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2010, 6:02 PM CDT for Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 15, 2010, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2010, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Webster County, MS

The radar

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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 Aug 15, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
252 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
162000-
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-
252 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SOME STORMS STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OF 60 MPH. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WHICH COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN FOR MONDAY
AFTERNOON...AND A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

ADDITIONALLY...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY. A
HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AS HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID TO
UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING 105 TO 110 DEGREES. OVERNIGHT
LOWS WILL ALSO REMAIN VERY WARM WITH READINGS ONLY FALLING TO THE MID
AND UPPER 70S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE...CURRENTLY EAST OF THE
REGION...ARE FORECAST TO EMERGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO BY EARLY
MONDAY...WHERE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR SOME
DEVELOPMENT. THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
INTO MID-WEEK...AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD NEAR THE GULF COAST.
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

Local storm report, Aug 15, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 15, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton52 min
Aug 15, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith48 min
Aug 15, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Smith60 min
Aug 15, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar41 min
Aug 15, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper48 min
Aug 15, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson60 min
Aug 15, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones52 min
Aug 15, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith42 min
Aug 15, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar50 min
Aug 15, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson40 min
Aug 15, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper31 min
Aug 15, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson60 min
Aug 15, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar57 min
Aug 15, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah53 min
Aug 15, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Smith50 min
Aug 15, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson48 min
Aug 15, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion42 min
Aug 15, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion48 min
Aug 15, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.