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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 2012Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2012, 4:45 PM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence 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
Jan 8, 2012, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2012, 5:30 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2012-01-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 2012-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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.

511 
WUUS54 KJAN 082245
SVRJAN
MSC065-077-082330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0002.120108T2245Z-120108T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
445 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 445 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WANILLA MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PROGRESS BY 515 PM CST...
  PRENTISS BY 525 PM CST...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3173 8986 3151 8984 3153 9021 3171 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 272DEG 18KT 3162 9010

$$

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1 follow-up statement
181 
WWUS54 KJAN 082329
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
529 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

MSC065-077-082339-
/O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120108T2330Z/
LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
529 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS 
AND CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 530 PM CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AS IT PASSED NEAR SILVER CREEK MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL 
STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES HOWEVER SHOULD 
REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3173 8986 3151 8984 3153 9021 3171 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 272DEG 18KT 3161 8993

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 3:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington41 min
Jan 8, 4:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones51 min
Jan 8, 4:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.