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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Jackson, MS

July 4, 20114 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2011, 1:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2011, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Webster County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2011-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
2349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

866 
WUUS54 KJAN 041856
SVRJAN
MSC019-025-105-155-042000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0511.110704T1856Z-110704T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
156 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EAST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MABEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LONGVIEW

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

&&

LAT...LON 3345 8872 3336 8907 3359 8917 3368 8898
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 329DEG 9KT 3355 8902

$$

MME
1 follow-up statement
507 
WWUS54 KJAN 041926
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
226 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2011

MSC019-025-155-041937-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0511.000000T0000Z-110704T2000Z/
CLAY MS-WEBSTER MS-CHOCTAW MS-
226 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...EAST
CENTRAL WEBSTER AND WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3345 8872 3336 8907 3352 8906 3355 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 311DEG 13KT 3350 8885

$$

MSC105-042000-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0511.000000T0000Z-110704T2000Z/
OKTIBBEHA MS-
226 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY...

AT 227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
STARKVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LONGVIEW

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

&&

LAT...LON 3345 8872 3336 8907 3352 8906 3355 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 311DEG 13KT 3350 8885

$$

MME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery30 min
Jul 3, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes32 min
Jul 3, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery, Webster41 min
Jul 3, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee32 min
Jul 3, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes31 min
Jul 3, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes42 min
Jul 3, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison42 min
Jul 3, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo39 min
Jul 3, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison32 min
Jul 3, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo41 min
Jul 3, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin25 min
Jul 3, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Choctaw26 min
Jul 3, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Montgomery23 min
Jul 3, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw28 min
Jul 4, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke39 min
Jul 4, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln37 min
Jul 4, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones36 min
Jul 4, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee42 min
Jul 4, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln53 min
Jul 4, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones62 min
Jul 4, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNoxubee115 min
Jul 4, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Montgomery28 min
Jul 4, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin65 min
Jul 4, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee46 min
Jul 4, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper, Lauderdale, Newton58 min
Jul 4, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah59 min
Jul 4, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis65 min
Jul 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper55 min
Jul 4, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson61 min
Jul 4, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln46 min
Jul 4, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton44 min
Jul 4, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba30 min
Jul 4, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar31 min
Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin54 min
Jul 4, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion44 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper113 min
Jul 4, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale, Newton, Scott32 min
Jul 4, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper28 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake29 min
Jul 4, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith46 min
Jul 4, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada31 min
Jul 4, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper, Neshoba61 min
Jul 4, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake, Madison41 min
Jul 4, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar32 min
Jul 4, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery, Webster43 min
Jul 4, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott44 min
Jul 4, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower56 min
Jul 4, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll29 min
Jul 4, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba46 min
Jul 4, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin, Yazoo44 min
Jul 4, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore62 min
Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore48 min
Jul 4, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison30 min
Jul 4, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes67 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.