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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

January 10, 2012Hinds County, Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2012, 4:47 PM CST for Hinds County, Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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: Jan 10, 2012, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2012, 5:26 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hinds County, MS, Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 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.

308 
WUUS54 KJAN 102247
SVRJAN
MSC049-149-102345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0008.120110T2247Z-120110T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
447 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 447 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
  BOVINA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EDWARDS...FLOWERS...OAK RIDGE...YOUNGTON AND BROWNSVILLE

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 3255 9066 3255 9059 3253 9059 3253 9056
      3251 9055 3251 9052 3257 9044 3249 9044
      3248 9030 3223 9068 3234 9084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 220DEG 24KT 3236 9069

$$

BYB

2 follow-up statements

112 
WWUS54 KJAN 102303
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
503 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

MSC049-149-102345-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120110T2345Z/
WARREN MS-HINDS MS-
503 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN HINDS AND EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 503 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 NEAR
YOUNGTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROWNSVILLE

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 3255 9059 3253 9059 3253 9056 3251 9055
      3251 9052 3256 9045 3249 9044 3248 9034
      3233 9059 3233 9069 3240 9073 3255 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 220DEG 24KT 3244 9061

$$

BYB

173 
WWUS54 KJAN 102326
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
526 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

MSC049-149-102336-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120110T2345Z/
WARREN MS-HINDS MS-
526 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HINDS AND EAST
CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3255 9059 3253 9059 3253 9056 3251 9055
      3251 9052 3256 9045 3249 9044 3248 9034
      3233 9059 3233 9069 3240 9073 3255 9066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 220DEG 24KT 3256 9049

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 4:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	28 min
Jan 10, 5:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	48 min
Jan 10, 5:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.