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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Jackson, MS

May 31, 2012Jasper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2012, 4:35 PM CDT for Jasper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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: May 31, 2012, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 31, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Louin, MS	TREES DOWN
May 31, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Heidelberg, MS	TREES DOWN

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 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
May 31, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 1744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

639 
WUUS54 KJAN 312135
SVRJAN
MSC061-075-312230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0322.120531T2135Z-120531T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
  MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 435 PM 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 11
  MILES WEST OF BAY SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STRINGER BY 440 PM CDT...
  BAY SPRINGS AND MOSS BY 445 PM CDT...
  TURNERVILLE BY 450 PM CDT...
  HEIDELBERG BY 500 PM CDT...
  PAULDING AND STAFFORD SPRINGS BY 505 PM CDT...
  GARLANDVILLE BY 510 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3222 8891 3182 8892 3180 8931 3204 8933
      3222 8932 3222 8891 3224 8891 3224 8890
      3222 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 240DEG 34KT 3204 8943

$$

MME

3 follow-up statements

768 
WWUS54 KJAN 312151
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
451 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

MSC061-075-312230-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-120531T2230Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-JASPER MS-
451 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR JASPER AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES...

AT 452 PM 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 TURNERVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTROSE AND PAULDING BY 505 PM CDT...
  ORANGE BY 520 PM CDT...
  ROSE HILL BY 525 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.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3222 8891 3182 8892 3180 8931 3204 8933
      3222 8932 3222 8891 3224 8891 3224 8890
      3222 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 206DEG 20KT 3203 8921

$$

MME

980 
WWUS54 KJAN 312155
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

MSC061-075-312230-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-120531T2230Z/
LAUDERDALE MS-JASPER MS-
455 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR JASPER AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES...

AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL 
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 75 MPH...MOVING INTO WESTERN 
JASPER COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTROSE MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ORANGE BY 510 PM CDT...
  ROSE HILL BY 515 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 70 MPH CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS...
AND CAUSE ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES. NUMEROUS
DOWNED TREES MAY OCCUR...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3222 8891 3182 8892 3180 8931 3204 8933
      3222 8932 3222 8891 3224 8891 3224 8890
      3222 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 206DEG 20KT 3214 8925

$$

AEG

875 
WWUS54 KJAN 312159
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
459 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

MSC061-312230-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0322.000000T0000Z-120531T2230Z/
JASPER MS-
459 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR JASPER COUNTY...

AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONTROSE TO TURNERVILLE TO MOSS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PAULDING BY 510 PM CDT...
  HEIDELBERG BY 515 PM CDT...
  ROSE HILL AND STAFFORD SPRINGS BY 520 PM CDT...
  ORANGE BY 525 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 70 MPH CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS...
AND CAUSE ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES. NUMEROUS
DOWNED TREES MAY OCCUR...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3182 8892 3182 8901 3181 8902 3181 8920
      3180 8922 3181 8931 3222 8932 3224 8891
      3224 8890 3222 8889 3222 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 273DEG 28KT 3220 8920 3204 8916
          3182 8910

$$

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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 31, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
324 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM (THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...
SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION ARE ONGOING ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AS A DEEPENING UPPER
TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS
TROUGH WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ENTERING NWRN ZONES
THIS EVENING AND EXITING THE SE ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT
CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM JONESBORO TO LITTLE ROCK TO TEXARKANA. AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...LATEST MESOANALYSIS CONTINUES TO INDICATE MLCAPES
BETWEEN 1500-2500 J/KG WITH STEEPENING LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE
8-9 C/KM RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

CURRENT FOCUS FOR CONVECTION EXTENDS FROM GRENADA SOUTHWARD ALONG
I-55 INTO JACKSON...THEN TAILING BACK INTO SW MISSISSIPPI AND NE
LOUISIANA. THIS AXIS SHOULD REMAIN THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR STRONGER
STORMS AS IT CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW SEVERE TS
WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR REMAINING AREAS TO THE EAST ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I-20. ELSEWHERE...FESTERING CONVECTION AND CLOUD DEBRIS
HAVE FINALLY CLEARED OUT OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA...BUT THE
ATMOSPHERE HAS HAD LITTLE TIME TO RECOVER. DESPITE THIS...WILL NEED
TO CLOSELY MONITOR ACTIVITY NEAR GRENADA PUSHING INTO THAT AREA AND
CONSIDER A LOCAL EXTENSION OF THE SVR WATCH.

PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH A
COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS FILTERING INTO THE REGION BRINGING BELOW
AVERAGE TEMPS TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL
SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNING
BRINGING MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. /DL/

LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODELS IN AGREEMENT IN THIS
PERIOD THAT RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS WILL RESULT IN A RELATIVELY DRY
MID LEVEL NW FLOW REGIME OVER THE CWA. MODELS DO SHOW A WEAK
SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW COMING OUT OF AR SUNDAY...BUT
DAMPENING AS IT APPROACHES THE MS RIVER. AT THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WILL KEEP DEEPER MOISTURE CUTOFF THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT...BUT WEAKENING DOES ENSUE THEREAFTER WITH PWATS
APPROACHING 1.5 INCHES OVER THE AREA BY TUESDAY.

A WEAK SURFACE FRONT TRIES TO BACKDOOR INTO NE MS BEFORE BECOMING
STATIONARY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. WITH THE INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...BELIEVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL
RESULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NE ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND BETTER
MOISTURE POOLING.

SPRAWLING MID/UPPER RIDGE DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WILL
RESULT IN A RATHER WEAK FLOW PATTERN AND INCREASED DIFFICULTY IN
NAILING DOWN ANY SHORTWAVES TO SPARK CONVECTION. WITH STATIONARY
BOUNDARY OVER NE MS BECOMING INCREASINGLY HARD TO RESOLVE IN THE
MODELS...WILL TAKE A MORE CLIMATOLOGICAL APPROACH AND KEEP SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY./26/

&&

.AVIATION...THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND MOVE
THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA A LITTLE FASTER. A FEW
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 22Z FOR GLH. THE
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE I-55
CORRIDOR...SO GWO...HKS/JAN WILL BE EXPERIENCING THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH 2130Z. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS CANS BE EXPECTED.
THE STORMS WILL IMPACT GTR...MEI AND HBG AROUND 23Z WITH THE SAME
CONDITIONS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LINGER BEHIND THE
LINE THROUGH 2Z. WITH STORM ACTIVITY MOVING FASTER THAN
EXPECTED...WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR FOG POTENTIAL AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
THE NEXT FORECAST. /07/

&&

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

DL/07/26

Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 2:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
206 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
011915-
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-
206 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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 AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 4:02 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

LAZ009-MSZ040-312145-
ISSAQUENA MS-EAST CARROLL LA-
402 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE AT 402 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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 ISSAQUENA COUNTY...AND CENTRAL EAST CARROLL PARISH
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3286 9134 3287 9133 3286 9132 3289 9130
      3291 9097 3268 9096 3270 9134 3285 9134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 269DEG 14KT 3280 9124

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Local storm report, May 31, 4:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
413 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

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

0150 PM     LIGHTNING        6 NNW YAZOO CITY        32.93N 90.46W
05/31/2012                   HUMPHREYS          MS   PUBLIC

            REPORTS OF A TELEPHONE POLE AND TRANSFORMER HIT BY
            LIGHTNING NEAR WOLF LAKE.

&&

DCOX

Local storm report, May 31, 4:15 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

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

0326 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E MADISON             32.45N 90.09W
05/31/2012                   MADISON            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF A TREE DOWN ON RICE ROAD. ALSO PEA SIZE TO
            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR LIBERTY PARK. POWER OUT AT
            TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALONG RICE ROAD.

&&

DCOX

Special weather statement, May 31, 4:19 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

MSZ041-042-312220-
SHARKEY MS-YAZOO MS-
419 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
419 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER HOLLY BLUFF AT 420 PM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

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

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 WEST CENTRAL YAZOO AND EAST CENTRAL SHARKEY COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3291 9068 3293 9060 3293 9049 3272 9044
      3270 9068 3271 9072 3274 9074 3284 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 257DEG 5KT 3280 9069

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Local storm report, May 31, 4:32 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
432 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

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

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SEMINARY                31.56N 89.50W
05/31/2012                   COVINGTON          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS COVINGTON COUNTY

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT OLIVE             31.76N 89.66W
05/31/2012                   COVINGTON          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS COVINGTON COUNTY

&&

AEG

Local storm report, May 31, 4:35 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLUMBIA                31.26N 89.83W
05/31/2012                   MARION             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF A TREE DOWN IN COLUMBIA. ALSO A BUILDING WAS
            STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

DCOX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	54 min
May 30, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	40 min
May 30, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	29 min
May 30, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	42 min
May 30, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	39 min
May 31, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	28 min
May 31, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds	3 hr
May 31, 7:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	46 min
May 31, 8:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	3 hr
May 31, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	42 min
May 31, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	43 min
May 31, 10:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	46 min
May 31, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	44 min
May 31, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	46 min
May 31, 1:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	53 min
May 31, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	63 min
May 31, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	50 min
May 31, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	50 min
May 31, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Leflore	39 min
May 31, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	67 min
May 31, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	62 min
May 31, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Webster	66 min
May 31, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	57 min
May 31, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	56 min
May 31, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	30 min
May 31, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	60 min
May 31, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin and 1 more	62 min
May 31, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	41 min
May 31, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Scott	63 min
May 31, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	42 min
May 31, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	44 min
May 31, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Simpson	67 min
May 31, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	61 min
May 31, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	55 min
May 31, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Scott	64 min
May 31, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	43 min
May 31, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Smith	66 min
May 31, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	59 min
May 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	61 min
May 31, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	62 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton, Winston	60 min
May 31, 4:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Scott	116 min
May 31, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	50 min
May 31, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	33 min
May 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	34 min
May 31, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	34 min
May 31, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	60 min
May 31, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	59 min
May 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jones, Lauderdale	81 min
May 31, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	23 min
May 31, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	60 min
May 31, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	42 min
May 31, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	60 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.