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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 522, NWS Jackson, MS

August 13, 2012Attala County, Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2012, 10:54 PM CDT for Attala County, Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 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
Aug 13, 2012, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Attala County, MS, Leake County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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
Aug 13, 11:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Thomastown, MSTREES DOWN ALONG HWY 43 N.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 13, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2012-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1249 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 2012-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

218 
WUUS54 KJAN 140354
SVRJAN
MSC007-079-140500-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0522.120814T0354Z-120814T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1054 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EDINBURG...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1054 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 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SINGLETON MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SINGLETON BY 1105 PM CDT...
  SMYRNA BY 1110 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 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3274 8932 3291 8973 3305 8966 3303 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 286DEG 16KT 3296 8958

$$

BK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore63 min
Aug 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower61 min
Aug 13, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery44 min
Aug 13, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore, Sunflower44 min
Aug 13, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster63 min
Aug 13, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery, Webster20 min
Aug 13, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Montgomery27 min
Aug 13, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower44 min
Aug 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston40 min
Aug 13, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower31 min
Aug 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower43 min
Aug 13, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Holmes29 min
Aug 13, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala30 min
Aug 13, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala58 min
Aug 13, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll, Humphreys32 min
Aug 13, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren30 min
Aug 13, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala31 min
Aug 13, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes32 min
Aug 13, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds32 min
Aug 13, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Leake, Madison58 min
Aug 13, 11:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds, Madison48 min
Aug 13, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes30 min
Aug 14, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Scott9 min
Aug 14, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott61 min
Aug 14, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Smith55 min
Aug 14, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds31 min
Aug 14, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott36 min
Aug 14, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott59 min
Aug 14, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith47 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.