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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS

April 2, 2012Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2012, 3:50 PM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 min. 6 reports 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 2, 2012, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 4:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Madison, MSTREES WERE DOWNED AT STEED RD AND RICHARDSON RD...ON OLD AGENCY NEAR HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF RIDGELAND
Apr 2, 4:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFlora, MSTREES DOWN IN FLORA AREA
Apr 2, 4:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGRidgeland, MSA UTILITY POLE WAS BROKEN BY HIGH WINDS ALONG W WASHINGTON ST
Apr 2, 4:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Madison, MSTREES WERE DOWNED ALONG EBENEZER BLVD... AND COTTON HILL RD. TREE FELL ON A CAR AT MAIN STREET AND US HIGHWAY 51.
Apr 2, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Yazoo City, MSNUMBER OF TREES DOWN ON ROADS NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY
Apr 2, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCanton, MSTREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING IN CANTON

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2012-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1280 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2012-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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.

659 
WUUS54 KJAN 022050
SVRJAN
MSC089-163-022145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0151.120402T2050Z-120402T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
350 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 348 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 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY
  BLUFF TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF PHOENIX MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PHOENIX BY 400 PM CDT...
  HOLLY BLUFF BY 410 PM CDT...
  RIDGELAND AND FLORA BY 420 PM CDT...
  ANNANDALE...TINSLEY AND MADISON BY 425 PM CDT...
  LITTLE YAZOO BY 430 PM CDT...
  GLUCKSTADT AND MYRLEVILLE BY 435 PM CDT...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3292 9065 3293 9041 3270 8997 3240 9007
      3240 9023 3249 9025 3249 9044 3256 9045
      3251 9052 3255 9065 3262 9072 3269 9071
      3266 9068 3269 9066 3272 9074 3276 9069
      3282 9070 3281 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 223DEG 27KT 3265 9081 3236 9049

$$

CME
1 follow-up statement
554 
WWUS54 KJAN 022113
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
413 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

MSC089-163-022145-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120402T2145Z/
MADISON MS-YAZOO MS-
413 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR YAZOO AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
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 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLLY BLUFF
TO FLORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ANNANDALE...TINSLEY...MADISON AND BENTONIA BY 420 PM CDT...
  GLUCKSTADT AND LITTLE YAZOO BY 425 PM CDT...
  MYRLEVILLE BY 430 PM CDT...
  YAZOO CITY BY 435 PM CDT...
  CANTON BY 440 PM CDT...
  BENTON BY 445 PM CDT...

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3292 9065 3293 9041 3270 8997 3240 9007
      3240 9023 3249 9025 3249 9044 3257 9045
      3251 9052 3255 9065 3259 9066 3262 9072
      3263 9069 3269 9071 3266 9069 3269 9066
      3272 9074 3276 9069 3282 9070 3281 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 222DEG 27KT 3277 9062 3256 9031

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar, Marion31 min
Apr 2, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson60 min
Apr 2, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion59 min
Apr 2, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar44 min
Apr 2, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones38 min
Apr 2, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Simpson60 min
Apr 2, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren54 min
Apr 2, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jefferson Davis60 min
Apr 2, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln55 min
Apr 2, 3:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson2 hr
Apr 2, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren55 min
Apr 2, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds67 min
Apr 2, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence66 min
Apr 2, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson47 min
Apr 2, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington54 min
Apr 2, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin64 min
Apr 2, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln31 min
Apr 2, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Jasper, Jones, Smith45 min
Apr 2, 4:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones113 min
Apr 2, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington57 min
Apr 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo65 min
Apr 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin80 min
Apr 2, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington61 min
Apr 2, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott69 min
Apr 2, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower62 min
Apr 2, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Madison54 min
Apr 2, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion119 min
Apr 2, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Neshoba, Winston23 min
Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster28 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.