Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2012, 8:13 PM CST for Rankin County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 8, 2012, 8:13 PM CST (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:25 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wnw Forkville, MS | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG DENSON RD...MEASELS RD AND FAIRCHILDS RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WUUS54 KJAN 090213 SVRJAN MSC121-123-090300- /O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0003.120109T0213Z-120109T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 813 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 900 PM CST * AT 813 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 LEESBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEESBURG BY 820 PM CST... BRANCH BY 825 PM CST... FORKVILLE BY 835 PM CST... LUDLOW BY 840 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 3257 8974 3257 8940 3232 8977 3246 8989 TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 229DEG 18KT 3242 8978 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
299 WWUS54 KJAN 090229 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 829 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012 MSC121-090238- /O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120109T0300Z/ RANKIN MS- 829 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3253 8976 3257 8974 3257 8940 3235 8973 TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 229DEG 18KT 3247 8971 $$ MSC123-090300- /O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120109T0300Z/ SCOTT MS- 829 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY... AT 828 PM CST...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 AND JUST NORTH OF BRANCH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORKVILLE BY 835 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3253 8976 3257 8974 3257 8940 3235 8973 TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 229DEG 18KT 3247 8971 $$ 40
556 WWUS54 KJAN 090300 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 900 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012 MSC123-090308- /O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120109T0300Z/ SCOTT MS- 900 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM CST... THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO LEAKE COUNTY. PLEASE CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HAIL BETWEEN LEESBURG AND LUDLOW TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR RELAY THEM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA OUR WEBSITE. LAT...LON 3253 8976 3257 8974 3257 8940 3235 8973 TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 229DEG 18KT 3257 8958 $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 7:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington | 26 days |
| Jan 8, 8:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 42 min |
| Jan 8, 8:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 42 min |
| Jan 8, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 48 min |
| Jan 8, 9:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 27 min |
| Jan 8, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 31 min |
| Jan 8, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 41 min |
| Jan 8, 10:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 28 min |
| Jan 8, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 11:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| Jan 8, 11:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 30 min |
| Jan 9, 5:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 33 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.