Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2012, 5:51 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 14, 2012, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hinds County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Raymond, MS | POWER OUTAGES |
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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WUUS54 KJAN 142251 SVRJAN MSC049-142330- /O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0424.120714T2251Z-120714T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 551 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRAM... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 551 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 NEAR DRY GROVE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DRY GROVE BY 600 PM CDT... RAYMOND BY 615 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 3212 9061 3230 9044 3221 9024 3207 9032 TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 114DEG 12KT 3215 9039 $$ JC
2 follow-up statements
999 WWUS54 KJAN 142310 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 610 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 MSC049-142330- /O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-120714T2330Z/ HINDS MS- 610 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY... AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYMOND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RAYMOND BY 630 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES COULD OCCUR. && LAT...LON 3220 9053 3230 9044 3219 9027 3211 9032 TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 149DEG 11KT 3220 9040 $$ JC
275 WWUS54 KJAN 142321 SVSJAN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 621 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 MSC049-142331- /O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-120714T2330Z/ HINDS MS- 621 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3220 9053 3230 9044 3219 9027 3211 9032 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 149DEG 11KT 3223 9042 $$ JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 84 min |
| Jul 14, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 50 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.