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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Jackson, MS

April 5, 2012Issaquena County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2012, 5:34 AM CDT for Issaquena County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 min. 2 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 5, 2012, 5:34 AM CDT (10:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2012, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Mayersville, MS
Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Mayersville, MS	MOSTLY PENNY SIZED HAIL WITH SOME STONES UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 41 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 5, 1:53 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 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.

362 
WUUS54 KJAN 051034
SVRJAN
LAC035-123-MSC055-051130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0188.120405T1034Z-120405T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
534 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...
  NORTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 534 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK GROVE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OAK GROVE BY 540 AM CDT...
  SHELBURN...MILLIKIN AND GASSOWAY BY 550 AM CDT...
  LAKE PROVIDENCE BY 555 AM CDT...
  FITLER BY 605 AM 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.

THE HAIL BEING PRODUCED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY
DAMAGE CARS AND ROOFS. PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF DOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE
A STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3288 9154 3287 9153 3289 9150 3294 9148
      3298 9144 3299 9145 3301 9143 3301 9123
      3297 9091 3286 9094 3284 9096 3268 9096
      3280 9159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 280DEG 50KT 3295 9151

$$

JA

2 follow-up statements

924 
WWUS54 KJAN 051117
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
617 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

LAC035-123-MSC055-051130-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-120405T1130Z/
ISSAQUENA MS-EAST CARROLL LA-WEST CARROLL LA-
617 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY...AND NORTHERN WEST CARROLL AND
NORTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISHES...

AT 617 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MAYERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY AT 630 AM 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.

THE HAIL BEING PRODUCED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY
DAMAGE CARS AND ROOFS. PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF DOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE
A STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3288 9154 3287 9153 3289 9150 3294 9148
      3298 9144 3299 9145 3301 9143 3301 9123
      3297 9091 3286 9094 3284 9096 3268 9096
      3280 9159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 277DEG 36KT 3287 9105

$$

JA

659 
WWUS54 KJAN 051119
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
619 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

LAC123-051130-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-120405T1130Z/
WEST CARROLL LA-
619 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISH
IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3288 9131 3294 9131 3296 9127 3297 9128
      3298 9127 3301 9126 3297 9091 3286 9094
      3284 9096 3269 9096 3268 9097 3275 9135
      3284 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 277DEG 36KT 3286 9101

$$

LAC035-MSC055-051130-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-120405T1130Z/
ISSAQUENA MS-EAST CARROLL LA-
619 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY...AND NORTHERN EAST CARROLL
PARISH...

AT 620 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MAYERSVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL ISSAQUENA COUNTY AT 630 AM 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.

THE HAIL BEING PRODUCED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY
DAMAGE CARS AND ROOFS. PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF DOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE
A STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3288 9131 3294 9131 3296 9127 3297 9128
      3298 9127 3301 9126 3297 9091 3286 9094
      3284 9096 3269 9096 3268 9097 3275 9135
      3284 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 277DEG 36KT 3286 9101

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 5, 4:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 4:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
423 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

.DISCUSSION...

TODAY...

ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS WE GO THROUGH MUCH OF
TODAY. EARLY THIS MORNING...THE SLOW-MOVING UPPER LOW HAS PICKED UP
SPEED AND THE CENTER IS CURRENTLY CROSSING THE OZARKS. THE BEST
CONVECTIVE REGIME EXISTS SOUTHEAST OF THE LOW CENTER AND INCLUDES
PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MS RIVER. THE AIRMASS
IN THIS REGION IS CHARACTERIZED BY MOST UNSTABLE CAPE APPROACHING
2000 J/KG...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WITH TT VALUES IN THE MID
50S...EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR ~50 KTS...AND RELATIVELY WEAK LOW
LEVEL SHEAR/HELICITY. A BROKEN LINE OF STORMS AND A FEW OTHER
DISCRETE CELLS MANAGED TO DEVELOP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AS STRONGER
HEIGHT FALLS/ASCENT APPROACHED THE ARKLAMISS AND THEY HAVE PRODUCED
LARGE HAIL.

EXPECT THE BETTER CONVECTIVE REGIME DESCRIBED ABOVE TO SHIFT EAST
WITH TIME...COINCIDING WITH DIURNAL HEATING WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY
MAXIMIZE INSTABILITY OVER ERN MS. ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL
LOBES OF VORTICITY ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL COMBINE WITH
DAYTIME HEATING...POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL BROKEN TSTM
LINE SEGMENTS AS WE GO INTO THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR. WHILE A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...VEERED AND RELATIVELY WEAK
LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL MITIGATE THE OVERALL TORNADO RISK AND HAIL/WIND
GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS. EXPECT
THE RISK FOR STORMS TO END QUICKLY AND SHIFT EAST OF THE ARKLAMISS
AS THE EVENING APPROACHES.

AS WE GO FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AN APPROACHING
SHORTWAVE RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED HEIGHT RISES WILL BRING A RETURN TO
DRY AND QUIET CONDITIONS WITH SEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES FOR THE
ARKLAMISS. /EC/

SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY...

LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A
VERY NICE WEEKEND ON TAP FOR THE ARKLAMISS. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING AT
THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GFS DRAGS A BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
STATE ON SUNDAY...AND THIS MAY KICK OFF SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ACTIVITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ALONG WITH
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
AND THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER WEAK/DRY
COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY MORNING. THINGS BEGIN TO
CHANGE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE EAST COAST TROUGH SHIFTS TO THE EAST AND
WEAK UPPER RIDGING MOVES OVER THE AREA.

THE GFS/ECMWF DIVERGE ON THERE SOLUTIONS AS WE GET INTO MID-LATE
WEEK...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BECOME ACTIVE DURING THIS PERIOD WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG-SEVERE STORMS ON THURSDAY. STUCK PRETTY
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS/POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE MODELS SEEM
TO BE ON TRACK./15/

&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL WILL POSE A
BIG AVIATION HAZARD TODAY IN THE FORECAST AREA...BUT EXPECT STORMS TO
END FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH VFR CONDITIONS THEN
PREVAILING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. /EC/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       78  53  73  50 /  41   4   0   0
MERIDIAN      81  53  74  48 /  50   9   0   0
VICKSBURG     79  52  73  48 /  33   3   0   0
HATTIESBURG   83  54  78  52 /  40   7   0   0
NATCHEZ       78  54  74  51 /  21   3   0   0
GREENVILLE    75  53  70  48 /  42   4   0   0
GREENWOOD     78  52  71  47 /  51   6   0   0

&&

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

&&

EC/15/

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:52 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
452 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

MSZ019-025>033-035>039-042>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-
061000-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO-
MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-
LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
452 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTRIBUTES
TO GREATER INSTABILITY. THE PRIMARY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS
WILL BE FOR QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...AND
THERE WILL BE A LESSER RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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...MAY BE NEEDED INTO THE AFTERNOON.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-034-040-041-047-053-
059>061-061000-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
WASHINGTON-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
FRANKLIN MS-
452 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH MID MORNING. THE
PRIMARY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...AND THERE WILL BE A LESSER RISK FOR
A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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...WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THIS MORNING.

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

EC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
408 AM CDT THU APR 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 AM     HAIL             CROSSETT                33.13N 91.97W
04/05/2012  E0.75 INCH       ASHLEY             AR   PUBLIC

            PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL

0243 AM     HAIL             WAYSIDE                 33.27N 91.03W
04/05/2012  E1.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         MS   PUBLIC

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

ARZ074-051015-
ASHLEY AR-
412 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
412 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST CROSSETT AT
413 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN ASHLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3322 9209 3323 9210 3328 9204 3331 9198
      3334 9200 3337 9197 3339 9200 3341 9199
      3340 9169 3315 9166 3314 9212 3315 9211
      3316 9214 3319 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 263DEG 26KT 3323 9215

JA

Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 AM CDT THU APR 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 AM     HAIL             ARCOLA                  33.27N 90.88W
04/05/2012  E1.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE HAIL SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD OF A VEHICLE

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

LAZ009-MSZ040-041-050950-
SHARKEY MS-ISSAQUENA MS-EAST CARROLL LA-
420 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
420 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FITLER AT 421 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ISSAQUENA AND SOUTHWESTERN SHARKEY COUNTIES...AND
EAST CENTRAL EAST CARROLL PARISH SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3279 9083 3260 9085 3261 9116 3279 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 275DEG 27KT 3269 9103

JA

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:44 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

MSZ042-051015-
YAZOO MS-
444 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
444 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF TINSLEY AT 444 AM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STOMR WILL MOVE OVER YAZOO
CITY OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINTUES.

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

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3300 9032 3300 9030 3298 9027 3295 9017
      3292 9010 3288 9007 3269 9048 3284 9060
      3301 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0944Z 237DEG 23KT 3281 9045

JA

Local storm report, Apr 5, 5:14 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
514 AM CDT THU APR 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 AM     HAIL             5 SSW WEST CROSSETT     33.08N 92.05W
04/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       ASHLEY             AR   PUBLIC

&&

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	28 min
Apr 5, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	53 min
Apr 5, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	64 min
Apr 5, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	31 min
Apr 5, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	50 min
Apr 5, 4:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	31 min
Apr 5, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	30 min
Apr 5, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	31 min
Apr 5, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	46 min
Apr 5, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	60 min
Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	30 min
Apr 5, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	30 min
Apr 5, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey, Yazoo	55 min
Apr 5, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	64 min
Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	28 min
Apr 5, 7:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	30 min
Apr 5, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo	67 min
Apr 5, 7:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	33 min
Apr 5, 7:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	40 min
Apr 5, 7:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	19 min
Apr 5, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin, Yazoo	46 min
Apr 5, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison	39 min
Apr 5, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	48 min
Apr 5, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	32 min
Apr 5, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	41 min
Apr 5, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	48 min
Apr 5, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	29 min
Apr 5, 9:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	57 min
Apr 5, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	28 min
Apr 5, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	32 min
Apr 5, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	54 min
Apr 5, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	29 min
Apr 5, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	41 min
Apr 5, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Smith	38 min
Apr 5, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	39 min
Apr 5, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	31 min
Apr 5, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	47 min
Apr 5, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	32 min
Apr 5, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	44 min
Apr 5, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	29 min
Apr 5, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	29 min
Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	59 min
Apr 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	50 min
Apr 5, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	West Carroll	32 min
Apr 5, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll	54 min
Apr 5, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Richland	31 min
Apr 5, 4:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	58 min
Apr 5, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	42 min
Apr 5, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	56 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.