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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Jackson, MS

July 4, 2011Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2011, 3:46 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2011, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 3:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 E Oak Vale, MSMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE S PORTION OF THE COUNTY WITH A FEW DOWN ON PERCY BATES RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

570 
WUUS54 KJAN 042046
SVRJAN
MSC065-077-091-042130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0521.110704T2046Z-110704T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CARSON TO PROGRESS MOVING SOUTH
  AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
  VALE...TILTON...SOCIETY HILL...GOSS...BUNKER HILL AND IMPROVE

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 3134 8966 3135 9009 3154 9002 3156 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 344DEG 6KT 3150 8975 3148 8990

$$

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, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster64 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, 3:52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.