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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

July 3, 2011Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 4:55 PM CDT for Jones 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2011, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2011, 5:40 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 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.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 3, 4:00 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:00 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/
RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CIRCULATION AROUND A WEAKENED 590DM HIGH
CENTERED OVER NW MISSISSIPPI/EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS EVIDENCE OF THE ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE IN A
RATHER SUPPRESSED CU FIELD OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI THAT EXTENDED
SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF OUR HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED DEVELOPING ON LOCAL RADARS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 82. THE MORNING WET MICROBURST CHECKLIST DID SHOW SOME
POTENTIAL AND WITH HAWKINS FIELD...JACKSON AND VICKSBURG ALL
REPORTING 99F AT 2 PM...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST COVERAGE THROUGH EARLY
EVENING WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WHERE THE DEEPEST MOISTURE
AND LOWEST INHIBITION RESIDES. WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THE
CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF WELL BEFORE MIDNIGHT. COME MONDAY THE
MID LEVEL HIGH WILL BE FURTHER WEAKENED OVER OUR AREA WHILE
REMAINING CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH
CURRENTLY OVER THE PLAINS IS PROGGED TO TRACK ESE AROUND THE HIGH
AND OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS
WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR ALOFT OVER OUR NORTHERN ZONES
DURING PEAK HEATING RESULTING IN VERTICAL TOTALS ABOVE 28. DEEP
MOISTURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE MONDAY WITH PWS BETWEEN AND
INCH AND A HALF AND TWO INCHES. THE GFS WAS RATHER STINGY WITH POPS
BUT THE NAM AND ECMWF SHOWED AT LEAST ISOLATED COVERAGE OF STORMS
ACROSS OUR WHOLE CWA. WL GO ABOVE MAVMOS WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF AND SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTH. ALTHOUGH
THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR AREA...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE A GREATER
CHANCE OF OCCURRING OVER OUR NORTHERN ZONES DUE TO THE STEEPER LAPSE
RATES. WL INCLUDE MENTION OF STRONG STORM POTENTIAL IN THE HWO. MUCH
OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE DURING THE EVENING BUT
MODELS DISAGREE ABOUT CHANCES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ESPECIALLY
IN OUR NORTH. IT APPEARS THAT THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL DROP INTO
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI MONDAY NIGHT AND DEVELOP A WEAK SURFACE LOW
ALONG A STALLED SURFACE BOUNDARY. THIS MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND BE THE FOCUS
FOR DEVELOPMENT TUESDAY. THE NAM IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS WHILE
THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE BUT ALL AGREE WITH GREATER
RAIN CHANCES AND COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TUESDAY. GREATEST POPS
WILL BE CARRIED ACROSS THE NORTH TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. /22/

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...UPPER RIDGING CONTINUES TO
GIVE WAY IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST AND SUBSIDENCE WILL BE ERODED
ENOUGH TO ALLOW ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION EACH DAY. A WEAK
ZONE OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE WILL ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD TO HELP FOCUS AFTERNOON CONVECTION.

UPPER TROUGHING POSITIONED OVER NRN ZONES TUESDAY WILL DROP INTO
CNTRL/SRN ZONES WEDNESDAY AND AN AREA OF SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IS
FORECAST INTO NRN ZONES IN RIDGING THAT REDEVELOPS IN THE WAKE OF
THE TROUGH. THE REGION WILL SIT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR WEST
AND WEAK TROUGHING TO OUR EAST FOR THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. THE
AIR MASS WILL REMAIN MOIST WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE 2
INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY. 850 MB THETAE FIELDS ARE
FORECAST AROUND 340 DEGS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN 340 DEGS AND
ABOVE THROUGH SATURDAY...PROVIDING PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR AFTERNOON
CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. /03/

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
5-8KFT FEW TO SCT CLOUD DECK IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS
LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 THAT MAY LEAD TO BRIEF MVFR
CONDITIONS IF TAF SITE AFFECTED. THE MOST LIKELY TAF SITES TO BE
AFFECTED WOULD BE MEI AND HBG AND WILL CONTINUE VCTS IN TAFS AND
AMEND IF IMPACTS LOOK MORE IMMINENT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF
THE SOUTH AROUND 5-10KTS. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY 02Z OR SO AND
SKC SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT BR
IN THE MORNING FROM ABOUT 09Z-13Z BUT LIFT QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE.
/28/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       72  97  72  96 /  24  25  27  32
MERIDIAN      71  96  70  95 /  20  27  39  35
VICKSBURG     72  97  70  95 /  24  24  21  29
HATTIESBURG   72  97  72  96 /  15  28  20  18
NATCHEZ       73  95  72  93 /  20  29  18  23
GREENVILLE    73  98  73  97 /  17  18  23  30
GREENWOOD     72  97  72  97 /  15  18  26  35

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

22/03/28

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
246 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
042000-
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-
246 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

A FEW STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL
BE FROM WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY 9 TO 10 PM.

A FEW STRONG TO BRIEFLY SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON
MONDAY JULY 4TH WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 60
MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE PRIMARY
TIME OF DAY WOULD BE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. WITH
MANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...PLEASE
REMEMBER TO TAKE COVER ONCE THUNDER IS HEARD AS LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE
MANY MILES FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

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

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 SATURDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
355 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MSZ054-055-032140-
SIMPSON MS-COPIAH MS-
355 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SIMPSON COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER PINOLA AT 355 PM CDT...MOVING
WEST AT 15 MPH.

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

THIS STORM IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING...AND COULD BECOME SEVERE.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL COPIAH AND SOUTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3175 9020 3198 9022 3197 8985 3179 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 087DEG 13KT 3188 8995

AEG

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:56 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
356 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MSZ064>066-073-074-032140-
COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
356 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG STORM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTABUCHIE AT
356 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

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

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS...NORTHEASTERN
LAMAR...NORTHERN FORREST...SOUTHWESTERN JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN
COVINGTON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3150 8959 3166 8936 3139 8916 3128 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 142DEG 8KT 3140 8931

AEG

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:19 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
419 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MSZ055-056-065-032150-
COVINGTON MS-SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-
419 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFYING JUST NORTHWEST OF MIZE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF MAGEE AT 419 PM CDT...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

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

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN SIMPSON AND SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3194 8995 3206 8973 3210 8966 3190 8948
      3178 8965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 135DEG 4KT 3190 8964

AEG

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:27 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
427 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MSZ066-073-074-032205-
JONES MS-FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-
427 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE HATTIESBURG AREA...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WERE LOCATED IN A BAND FROM JUST EAST OF
EASTABUCHIE...TO NEAR PETAL...TO NEAR CAMP SHELBY AT 425 PM CDT...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL LAMAR...NORTHERN FORREST AND SOUTHWESTERN
JONES COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3116 8941 3143 8941 3150 8918 3136 8912
      3133 8913 3114 8921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 114DEG 3KT 3130 8926

AEG

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:38 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
438 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MSZ055-032220-
SIMPSON MS-
438 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINOLA...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF SHIVERS AT 439 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN SIMPSON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3176 9011 3198 9003 3187 8975 3177 8987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 162DEG 10KT 3183 8993

AEG

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MSZ066-032240-
JONES MS-
455 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG STORM OVER EASTERN JONES COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF TUCKERS CROSSING AT
455 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN JONES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3162 8916 3175 8902 3171 8893 3157 8893
      3151 8902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 140DEG 6KT 3161 8900

AEG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	46 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Lamar	26 min
Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	44 min
Jul 3, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	30 min
Jul 3, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	31 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	38 min
Jul 3, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	28 min
Jul 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	45 min
Jul 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington	44 min
Jul 3, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	35 min
Jul 3, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	31 min
Jul 3, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	38 min
Jul 3, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	42 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	47 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	46 min
Jul 3, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	39 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Montgomery	28 min
Jul 3, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	31 min
Jul 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	29 min
Jul 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	29 min
Jul 3, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	26 min
Jul 3, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	27 min
Jul 3, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	40 min

Nearby

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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.