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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Jackson, MS

June 12, 2012Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 3:11 AM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 12, 2012, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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
Jun 12, 3:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Tchula, MS	REPORT OF A POWERLINE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 49.

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 19 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 2745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

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

361 
WUUS54 KJAN 120811
SVRJAN
MSC051-120915-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0361.120612T0811Z-120612T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
311 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DURANT...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 312 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 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TCHULA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEXINGTON BY 340 AM CDT...
  BOWLING GREEN BY 355 AM CDT...
  MCMILLAN AND FRANKLIN BY 405 AM CDT...
  DURANT AND GOODMAN BY 415 AM CDT...

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 3321 8975 3319 8978 3317 8978 3293 8992
      3325 9032 3330 9033 3332 9029 3333 9029
      3336 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 311DEG 13KT 3321 9012

$$

1 follow-up statement

773 
WWUS54 KJAN 120900
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

MSC051-120910-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0361.000000T0000Z-120612T0915Z/
HOLMES MS-
400 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HOLMES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MCMILLAN AND FRANKLIN BY 405 AM CDT...
  DURANT...GOODMAN AND WEST BY 415 AM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

LAT...LON 3321 8975 3319 8978 3317 8978 3293 8992
      3325 9032 3330 9033 3332 9029 3333 9029
      3336 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 311DEG 13KT 3310 8996

$$

MME

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 Jun 11, 10:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012

.UPDATE...MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST TO LOWER THE
TEMPERATURES. A FEW PLACES WERE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.
OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE
HOURS. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS BACK INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING IN THAT AREA AT THIS TIME...SO STILL WATCHING THAT AREA.
COOL...DRY AND STABLE AIR WAS PRETTY FAR AWAY.

THE STORM COMPLEX CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH...WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
STILL OCCURRING IN THE PATH. LOOKING FOR THE BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE
TRACKING OUT OF THE CWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE WESTERN HALF OF
THE LINE WASN'T AS STRONG...BUT IT WAS LAGGING BEHIND...SO NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WILL LIKELY SEE ACTIVITY LASTING
A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

&&

.AVIATION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE
SOUTH ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS. WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 50 KTS CAN BE
EXPECTED AS THE LINE APPROACHES THROUGH HBG BETWEEN 330 AND 4Z...IT
MAY BE AROUND 430Z BEFORE STORMS MOVE INTO HEZ. NORTH WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND THE STORMS BRIEFLY AND RETURN BACK TO THE SOUTH.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTING WILL CONTINUE BEHIND
THE LINE THROUGH 8Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       68  90  72  90 / 100  59  50  24
MERIDIAN      68  89  71  92 / 100  60  42  19
VICKSBURG     70  90  70  90 / 100  55  52  29
HATTIESBURG   72  91  73  92 /  77  48  30  35
NATCHEZ       73  89  71  89 /  89  40  32  46
GREENVILLE    68  90  69  89 /  46  50  32  17
GREENWOOD     68  90  68  89 /  44  47  30  13

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 12:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1254 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
130600-
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-
1254 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY. THE
PRIMARY RISKS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.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 REQUESTED TUESDAY.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1137 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012

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

1055 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW COLUMBIA          31.20N 89.86W
06/11/2012                   MARION             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AT MS HIGHWAY 35 AND OLD
            JAMESTOWN ROAD NEAR FOXWORTH

&&

DL

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012

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

0900 PM     LIGHTNING        5 S VICKSBURG           32.25N 90.87W
06/11/2012                   WARREN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 FATAL *** A MAN WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A LIGHTNING
            STRIKE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FISHER FERRY ROAD AND
            AMANDA DRIVE

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

MSZ018-019-025-120705-
SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS-BOLIVAR MS-
115 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
115 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEESON AT 116 AM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BOLIVAR...NORTHWESTERN LEFLORE AND
NORTHEASTERN SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3406 9065 3399 9065 3398 9044 3382 9044
      3381 9039 3365 9045 3395 9097 3402 9095
      3403 9090 3409 9088 3410 9093 3412 9093
      3413 9085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 300DEG 22KT 3397 9081

MME

Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:16 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
216 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

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

0212 AM     HAIL             1 W CLEVELAND           33.74N 90.75W
06/12/2012  E0.25 INCH       BOLIVAR            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND.

&&

MME

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:19 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

MSZ018-019-025-120820-
SUNFLOWER MS-LEFLORE MS-BOLIVAR MS-
219 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
219 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER BOYLE AT 219 AM CDT...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN BOLIVAR...NORTHERN LEFLORE AND CENTRAL
SUNFLOWER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3388 9044 3382 9044 3381 9019 3380 9018
      3378 9017 3376 9019 3375 9028 3372 9031
      3370 9027 3374 9024 3373 9021 3372 9013
      3347 9010 3346 9025 3354 9087 3394 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 286DEG 22KT 3371 9070

MME

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:29 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

MSZ027-028-120830-
MONTGOMERY MS-CARROLL MS-
229 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
229 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER TEOC AT 229 AM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CARROLL AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3343 8950 3328 8960 3329 8970 3322 8975
      3332 9011 3367 9010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 300DEG 20KT 3355 9007

MME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Sharkey, Yazoo	62 min
Jun 11, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Winston	71 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	53 min
Jun 11, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	56 min
Jun 11, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	29 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	79 min
Jun 11, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	72 min
Jun 11, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	66 min
Jun 11, 8:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	93 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	79 min
Jun 11, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	32 min
Jun 11, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	114 min
Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	2 hr
Jun 11, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Smith	71 min
Jun 11, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	55 min
Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Simpson, Smith	63 min
Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	76 min
Jun 11, 9:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin	116 min
Jun 11, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	76 min
Jun 11, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Jun 11, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	65 min
Jun 11, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	62 min
Jun 11, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	82 min
Jun 11, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	71 min
Jun 11, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	60 min
Jun 12, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	50 min
Jun 12, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	61 min
Jun 12, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	61 min
Jun 12, 2:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower	62 min
Jun 12, 4:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	57 min
Jun 12, 5:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	3 hr
Jun 12, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Warren	30 min
Jun 12, 8:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln	31 min

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.