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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Jackson, MS

May 21, 20124 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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: May 21, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
May 21, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Crystal Springs, MS	A TREE AND A POWER LINE DOWN OFF HARMONY RD.

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 10 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 nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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.

117 
WUUS54 KJAN 212150 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC029-049-121-127-212230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0253.120521T2150Z-120521T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
450 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAZLEHURST...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
  SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRAM...
  SOUTHWESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 450 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 UTICA TO WHITES TO UNION MOVING
  SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CARPENTER BY 510 PM CDT...
  ROCKPORT...HOPEWELL...DENTVILLE AND GALLMAN BY 530 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3196 9072 3216 9072 3222 9011 3197 9001
      3176 8997 3175 9014 3171 9026
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 356DEG 8KT 3208 9065 3208 9020
          3188 9014

$$

BK

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 May 21, 4:11 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 4:11 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
411 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

.DISCUSSION...

REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
ERUPTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE ARKLAMISS AS EXPECTED WITH THE APPROACHING
SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND COLD FRONT. MOST ACTIVITY CONFINED TO AREAS
ALONG THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY WHERE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF ~6.5
DEG C/KM AND SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S ARE CONTRIBUTING TO MIXED
LAYER AROUND 2000 J/KG...BUT ADDITIONAL TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING UPSTREAM
OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

DEEP SUB-CLOUD LAYER AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL ENHANCE
DEVELOPING COLD POOLS (AND ATTENDANT SVR WIND GUST RISK) WITH NW
FLOW ALOFT HELPING TO ACCELERATE THEM AS CLUSTERS OF CELLS ORGANIZE
INTO LINE SEGMENTS. HAIL AND STRONG TO SVR WIND GUSTS WILL ARE STILL
THE MAIN CONCERNS. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ACCELERATION TAKES PLACE...
THE RISK FOR STORMS WILL END QUICKLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY THE
BOUNDARY LAYER STABILIZES WITH NIGHTTIME COOLING.

TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO QUICKEN THE
PACE ON THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSAGE AND A SUBSIDENT DRY AIRMASS TO
FOLLOW. SO LOOKS LIKE PRECIP WILL END TONIGHT WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE AND MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING IN FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE ENTIRE ARKLAMISS. /EC/

WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE...
UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. ANY CHANCE FOR RAIN DURING THIS TIME LOOK
TO BE SLIM AND CONFINED TO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL
ALSO WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD AS HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S DURING MID-
WEEK...CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S HEADING INTO MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
MEANWHILE...LOWS EACH NIGHT WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER
60S. /19/

&&

.AVIATION...TSRA XPCTD ACROSS THE REGION THRU THE REST OF THE AFTN
AND INTO THE EVENING. ISOLD SEVERE TSRA(60 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER
SIZE HAIL) WILL BE PSBL AS THIS ACTIVITY PASSES. VFR CONDS TO
PREVAIL FOR THE MOST PART BUT A TEMPORARY DROP TO IFR IN RAIN WILL
BE PSBL WITHIN TSRA. TSRA SHOULD DIMINISH BY 02Z WITH A GRADUAL
CLEARING TREND XPCTD INTO TONIGHT. VFR CONDS TO PREVAIL AT MOST
SITES AFTER 02Z...HOWEVER IFR CIG/VIS WILL BE PSBL EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING AT HBG. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME WRLY AND THEN NRLY TODAY
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. /BK/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       59  83  54  87 /  34   3   0   7
MERIDIAN      58  82  52  87 /  38   5   0   7
VICKSBURG     57  82  51  88 /  18   4   0   7
HATTIESBURG   61  86  55  89 /  36   4   5   5
NATCHEZ       61  82  56  86 /  28   3   0  11
GREENVILLE    59  79  54  86 /  10   4   0   7
GREENWOOD     57  79  51  85 /  10   3   0   6

&&

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

&&

EC/19/BK

Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
249 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
222000-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
249 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
ARKLAMISS INTO THE EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE
SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE STORMS WILL
GENERALLY MOVE TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH
MOST OF THE STRONG TO SEVERE ACTIVITY ENDING BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

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 UNTIL 8 OR 9 PM THIS EVENING.

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

BK

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 4:36 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
436 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

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

0411 PM     HAIL             5 NNE FRENCH CAMP       33.36N 89.37W
05/21/2012  E1.00 INCH       CHOCTAW            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            IN THE SIMPSON COMMUNITY

&&

CME

Special weather statement, May 21, 4:38 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

MSZ042-043-212210-
MADISON MS-YAZOO MS-
438 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
438 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE YAZOO AT 438 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL YAZOO AND WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3267 9014 3253 9035 3269 9047 3280 9030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 321DEG 14KT 3268 9032

MRM

Special weather statement, May 21, 4:41 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

ARZ074-LAZ007-212200-
ASHLEY AR-MOREHOUSE LA-
441 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
441 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...STRONG STORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ASHLEY COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST CROSSETT
AT 441 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN ASHLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3321 9214 3322 9209 3324 9209 3327 9204
      3300 9183 3301 9207 3303 9212 3306 9212
      3308 9214 3311 9214 3313 9212 3315 9211
      3317 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 321DEG 14KT 3319 9212

EEC

Local storm report, May 21, 4:42 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
442 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

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

0440 PM     HAIL             3 E DERMOTT             33.53N 91.39W
05/21/2012  E1.75 INCH       CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PEA TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR DERMOTT. REPORTED BY
            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

Local storm report, May 21, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
445 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

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

0409 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE BOLTON            32.31N 90.44W
05/21/2012                   HINDS              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BETWEEN BOLTON AND RAYMOND

&&

CME

Local storm report, May 21, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
449 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

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

0445 PM     HAIL             2 WSW FLORENCE          32.14N 90.16W
05/21/2012  E1.00 INCH       RANKIN             MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ON WHITES ROAD

&&

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	54 min
May 21, 6:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	31 min
May 21, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	32 min
May 21, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	28 min
May 21, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	28 min
May 21, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson	117 min
May 21, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	23 min
May 21, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	26 min
May 21, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	30 min
May 21, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	43 min
May 21, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	42 min
May 21, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	27 min
May 21, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	44 min
May 21, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	27 min
May 21, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren	41 min
May 21, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	40 min
May 21, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	12 min
May 21, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	50 min
May 21, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	28 min
May 21, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	51 min
May 21, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	37 min
May 21, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	25 min
May 21, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	32 min
May 21, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Winston	39 min
May 21, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	46 min
May 21, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	13 min
May 21, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	26 min
May 21, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	28 min
May 21, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	39 min
May 21, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	15 min
May 21, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	18 min
May 21, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Neshoba	32 min
May 21, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	28 min
May 21, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	42 min
May 21, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	39 min
May 21, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	29 min
May 21, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	21 min
May 21, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	45 min
May 21, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys	22 min
May 21, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	20 min
May 21, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	29 min
May 21, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	33 min
May 21, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey, Yazoo	30 min
May 21, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	29 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.