Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 2012Leake County, Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2012, 9:29 PM CST for Leake County, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Jan 8, 2012, 9:29 PM CST (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2012, 10:00 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 9:50 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG10 Nnw Philadelphia, MSTREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY RD 185 NEAR ARLINGTON. POWER OUT ALONG COUNTY RD 187.
Jan 8, 9:55 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG11 Nnw Philadelphia, MSNUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND MINOR DAMAGE TO 3 MOBILE HOMES JUST SOUTH OF THE WINSTON AND NESHOBA COUNTY LINE AROUND COUNTY ROAD 187

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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 00:00Z on 2012-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 584 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 00:00Z on 2012-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

083 
WUUS54 KJAN 090329
SVRJAN
MSC079-099-090400-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0005.120109T0329Z-120109T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
929 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EDINBURG...
  NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 930 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
  EDINBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PEARL RIVER BY 935 PM CST...
  BURNSIDE BY 955 PM CST...
  STALLO BY 1000 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 3293 8931 3292 8900 3271 8933 3280 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 230DEG 26KT 3281 8931

$$

ERA
1 follow-up statement
763 
WWUS54 KJAN 090348
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
948 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

MSC079-090357-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120109T0400Z/
LEAKE MS-
948 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEAKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3293 8931 3292 8900 3278 8930 3289 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 230DEG 26KT 3288 8922

$$

MSC099-090400-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120109T0400Z/
NESHOBA MS-
948 PM CST SUN JAN 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA COUNTY...

AT 947 PM CST...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 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF STALLO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR AND WEST OF...
  STALLO BY 1000 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 3293 8931 3292 8900 3278 8930 3289 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 230DEG 26KT 3288 8922

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 7:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington26 days
Jan 8, 8:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones42 min
Jan 8, 8:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott42 min
Jan 8, 8:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott47 min
Jan 8, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake48 min
Jan 8, 9:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones27 min
Jan 8, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston41 min
Jan 8, 10:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake28 min
Jan 8, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston45 min
Jan 8, 11:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke28 min
Jan 8, 11:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee30 min
Jan 9, 5:04 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJANAdams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 33 more5 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.