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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 2011Clay County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2011, 12:19 PM CDT for Clay County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 20, 2011, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2011, 12:50 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Clay County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 20, 12:29 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGE Clarkson, MSSOME TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON OPEN PASTURE IN TOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2011-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

157 
WWUS84 KJAN 201719
SPSJAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1219 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

MSZ029-030-032-033-201750-
CLAY MS-WEBSTER MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-
1219 PM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFYING OVER EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF CLARKSON AT 1219 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHERN OKTIBBEHA...EASTERN
WEBSTER AND CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3371 8871 3349 8873 3354 8926 3372 8925
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 274DEG 29KT 3362 8915

$$

AEG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower51 min
Apr 20, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar28 min
Apr 20, 2:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANTallahatchie27 min
Apr 20, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower49 min
Apr 20, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar32 min
Apr 20, 4:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay30 min
Apr 20, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha68 min
Apr 20, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery54 min
Apr 20, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington53 min
Apr 20, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster50 min
Apr 20, 5:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore28 min
Apr 20, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington55 min
Apr 20, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada3 hr
Apr 20, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada44 min
Apr 20, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston58 min
Apr 20, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston44 min
Apr 20, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll, Montgomery44 min
Apr 20, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee44 min
Apr 20, 8:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery, Webster3 hr
Apr 20, 8:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNoxubee, Winston113 min
Apr 20, 8:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala43 min
Apr 20, 9:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANGrenada6 hr
Apr 20, 9:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery2 hr
Apr 20, 9:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 21 more31 hr
Apr 20, 10:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNoxubee, Winston115 min
Apr 20, 10:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Lowndes, Oktibbeha59 min
Apr 20, 11:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington52 days
Apr 20, 11:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson, Warren58 days
Apr 20, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha, Webster35 min
Apr 20, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower26 min
Apr 20, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore38 min
Apr 20, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery63 min
Apr 20, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay42 min
Apr 20, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes38 min
Apr 20, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery, Webster61 min
Apr 20, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster33 min
Apr 20, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha, Webster37 min
Apr 20, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha61 min
Apr 20, 4:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster3 hr
Apr 20, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha47 min
Apr 20, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha34 min
Apr 20, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha63 min
Apr 20, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll26 min
Apr 20, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery51 min
Apr 20, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster54 min
Apr 20, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore28 min
Apr 20, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes63 min
Apr 20, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore44 min
Apr 20, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee30 min
Apr 20, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Oktibbeha43 min
Apr 20, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster115 min
Apr 20, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower, Washington30 min
Apr 20, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower46 min
Apr 20, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery65 min
Apr 20, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Montgomery48 min
Apr 20, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada46 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.