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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 21, 2011Covington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2011, 3:21 PM CDT for Covington 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
Aug 21, 2011, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2011, 4:05 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Covington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 21, 3:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCollins, MSTREE DOWN BLOCKING A RAILROAD TRACK IN COLLINS

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2011-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2198 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 2011-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
2198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

122 
WWUS84 KJAN 212021
SPSJAN
MSZ056-057-065-066-212105-
SMITH MS-JONES MS-JASPER MS-COVINGTON MS-
321 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2011

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
321 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2011

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE AT
322 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN JASPER...NORTHWESTERN
JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3156 8918 3157 8962 3186 8964 3186 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 356DEG 13KT 3180 8948

$$

MME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke39 min
Aug 21, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith60 min
Aug 21, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington28 min
Aug 21, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson46 min
Aug 21, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington33 min
Aug 21, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton44 min
Aug 21, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds41 min
Aug 21, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake43 min
Aug 21, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest43 min
Aug 21, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba43 min
Aug 20, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin31 min
Aug 21, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse63 min
Aug 21, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse61 min
Aug 21, 3:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMorehouse59 min
Aug 21, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANEast Carroll43 min
Aug 21, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley57 min
Aug 21, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley31 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.