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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Jackson, MS

July 19, 20124 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2012, 3:46 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2012, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
44 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 27 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2012-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2012-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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.

841 
WUUS54 KJAN 192046
SVRJAN
MSC029-049-121-127-192130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0430.120719T2046Z-120719T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
346 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAZLEHURST...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRAM...
  SOUTHWESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STAR...RICHLAND...
  NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM BYRAM TO GALLMAN MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WHITES...FLORENCE...HOPEWELL...MONTEREY...HARRISVILLE AND UNION

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 3225 8999 3185 9006 3185 9047 3225 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 281DEG 12KT 3216 9023 3191 9034

$$

BK
1 follow-up statement
747 
WWUS54 KJAN 192127
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
427 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

MSC029-049-121-127-192137-
/O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-120719T2130Z/
SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-
427 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COPIAH...
SOUTHEASTERN HINDS...SOUTHWESTERN RANKIN AND NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3225 8999 3185 9006 3185 9047 3225 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 281DEG 12KT 3213 9007 3188 9018

$$

BK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo32 min
Jul 18, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren29 min
Jul 19, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper42 min
Jul 19, 5:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper
Jul 19, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale27 min
Jul 19, 6:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Newton116 min
Jul 19, 8:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper, Newton2 hr
Jul 19, 8:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Newton85 min
Jul 19, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee29 min
Jul 19, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones86 min
Jul 19, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Forrest, Lamar28 min
Jul 19, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMarion60 min
Jul 19, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin59 min
Jul 19, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence79 min
Jul 19, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale44 min
Jul 19, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln43 min
Jul 19, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin30 min
Jul 19, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison27 min
Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin32 min
Jul 19, 3:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin3 hr
Jul 19, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala32 min
Jul 19, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin41 min
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds30 min
Jul 19, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo30 min
Jul 19, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo47 min
Jul 19, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren38 min
Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster31 min
Jul 19, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys48 min
Jul 19, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw31 min
Jul 19, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin28 min
Jul 19, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha43 min
Jul 19, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay33 min
Jul 19, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster46 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster118 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo33 min
Jul 19, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys28 min
Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams32 min
Jul 19, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster30 min
Jul 19, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson2 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.