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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Jackson, MS

April 5, 2012Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2012, 9:36 AM CDT for Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2012, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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, 9:58 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Bay Springs, MS
Apr 5, 10:00 AM CDT	HAIL 0.5	5 E Bay Springs, MS	HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
Apr 5, 10:07 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	12 E Bay Springs, MS
Apr 5, 10:25 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Heidelberg, MS	COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN AREA AROUND HEIDELBERG. ALSO HAD REPORTS OF HAIL OF UNKNOWN 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 49 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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 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: 2026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

290 
WUUS54 KJAN 051436
SVRJAN
MSC061-129-051530-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0200.120405T1436Z-120405T1530Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 937 AM CDT...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
  RALEIGH MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINEVILLE BY 945 AM CDT...
  BAY SPRINGS BY 1000 AM CDT...
  TURNERVILLE BY 1010 AM CDT...
  PAULDING BY 1025 AM CDT...
  ORANGE AND ROSE HILL BY 1030 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3215 8892 3188 8893 3190 8965 3206 8965
      3218 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 273DEG 26KT 3205 8948

$$

AEG

2 follow-up statements

225 
WWUS54 KJAN 051459
SVSJAN

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

MSC061-129-051530-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0200.000000T0000Z-120405T1530Z/
SMITH MS-JASPER MS-
959 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL JASPER AND SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 959 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAY
SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TURNERVILLE BY 1005 AM CDT...
  PAULDING BY 1020 AM CDT...
  HEIDELBERG AND ORANGE BY 1025 AM CDT...
  STAFFORD SPRINGS BY 1030 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3190 8964 3196 8962 3198 8943 3214 8931
      3211 8892 3188 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 284DEG 35KT 3199 8927

$$

JA

624 
WWUS54 KJAN 051511
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1011 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

MSC129-051521-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0200.000000T0000Z-120405T1530Z/
SMITH MS-
1011 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3188 8893 3189 8932 3201 8920 3213 8921
      3211 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 284DEG 35KT 3199 8907

$$

MSC061-051530-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0200.000000T0000Z-120405T1530Z/
JASPER MS-
1011 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY...

AT 1011 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PAULDING MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HEIDELBERG AND ORANGE BY 1020 AM CDT...
  STAFFORD SPRINGS BY 1025 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 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3188 8893 3189 8932 3201 8920 3213 8921
      3211 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 284DEG 35KT 3199 8907

$$

GRG

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, 8:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 8:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
820 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

.UPDATE...PER COORDINATION WITH SPC WE HAVE EXTENDED THE TORNADO
WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE ARKLAMISS REGION UNTIL 11 AM. CURRENTLY THE LINE
OF SEVERE STORMS IS PUSHING EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR FROM
JACKSON METRO TO KOSCIUSKO. LATEST SATELLITE SHOWED THE CLOSED UPPER
LOW OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS. WILL MAKE NO OTHER CHANGES IN THE
FORECAST FOR NOW./17/

./PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...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.

&&

17/EC/15/

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 9:10 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
910 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

MSZ019-025>033-035>039-042>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-
061415-
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-
910 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 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 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 THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-034-040-041-047-053-
059>061-061415-
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-
910 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 LATE 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 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 THIS MORNING.

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

17

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:44 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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

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

0712 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE YAZOO CITY        32.81N 90.38W
04/05/2012                   YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON A POWERLINE AT LAKESHORE DRIVE

0715 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E YAZOO CITY          32.86N 90.32W
04/05/2012                   YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON MIDWAY GIN ROAD

&&

GERARD

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:46 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

MSZ049-055-051415-
SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-
846 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
846 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 OVER FLORENCE AT 847 AM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN RANKIN AND NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3182 8999 3212 9025 3227 9000 3198 8968
TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 315DEG 43KT 3211 9009

JC

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:47 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
847 AM CDT THU APR 05 2012

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

0749 AM     HAIL             CANTON                  32.61N 90.03W
04/05/2012  M1.75 INCH       MADISON            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 MILE NORTH OF NISSAN BLVD

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:48 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
848 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

0235 AM     HAIL             WAYSIDE                 33.27N 91.03W
04/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY WASHINGTON EM

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

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

0445 AM     HAIL             HAMBURG                 33.23N 91.80W
04/05/2012  E1.75 INCH       ASHLEY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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

0515 AM     HAIL             BENTON                  32.83N 90.26W
04/05/2012  E0.88 INCH       YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE WAS ACCUMULATING ON SOME SURFACES

0515 AM     HAIL             BENTON                  32.83N 90.26W
04/05/2012  E1.25 INCH       YAZOO              MS   PUBLIC

0615 AM     HAIL             MAYERSVILLE             32.90N 91.04W
04/05/2012  E0.75 INCH       ISSAQUENA          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0712 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE YAZOO CITY        32.81N 90.38W
04/05/2012                   YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON A POWERLINE AT LAKESHORE DRIVE

0715 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E YAZOO CITY          32.86N 90.32W
04/05/2012                   YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON MIDWAY GIN ROAD

0727 AM     HAIL             BENTONIA                32.65N 90.37W
04/05/2012  E0.75 INCH       YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0727 AM     HAIL             BENTON                  32.83N 90.26W
04/05/2012  E1.00 INCH       YAZOO              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0745 AM     HAIL             4 N GLUCKSTADT          32.57N 90.10W
04/05/2012  E1.50 INCH       MADISON            MS   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            LARGE HAIL FALLING ON MDOT TRAFFIC CAM AT NISSAN PARKWAY

0749 AM     HAIL             CANTON                  32.61N 90.03W
04/05/2012  M1.75 INCH       MADISON            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 MILE NORTH OF NISSAN BLVD

&&

GERARD

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:07 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

MSZ049-050-055-056-051435-
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-
907 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

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

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNS AT 907 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN...SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT...NORTHEASTERN
SIMPSON AND NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3228 8940 3194 8963 3207 9006 3230 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 272DEG 28KT 3216 8987

JA

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:13 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

MSZ049-054-055-051445-
SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-COPIAH MS-
913 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

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

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS AT 913 AM CDT...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN COPIAH...SOUTHERN RANKIN AND NORTHWESTERN
SIMPSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3205 9040 3205 9023 3208 9023 3209 9025
      3210 9024 3211 9025 3212 9024 3225 8983
      3203 8975 3190 9034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 253DEG 38KT 3201 9027

JA

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, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	56 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, 9:46 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

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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.