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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 2012Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Mar 2, 2012, 1:41 PM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 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: Mar 2, 2012, 1:41 PM CST (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 2:10 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 1243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.5
Supercell composite: 9.4

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 2, 1:26 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 1:26 PM CST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 11:50 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1150 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ026>033-036>061-031800-
MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA-
FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-
WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-
1150 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR .

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS TO 75 MPH...AND TORNADOES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON...PARTICUARLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE
PARKWAY. THESE STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA THIS EVENING IN A FEW WAVES OF ACTIVITY...POTENTIALLY PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES. AN ENHANCED RISK OF
TORNADOES...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRONG TORNADO...WILL
EXIST GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE GREATEST TORNADO RISK WILL
LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AND 9 PM.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL WHICH COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA. ALSO...WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-031800-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-
1150 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR .

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP.
A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE OF ANY STORMS. THE THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
THROUGH THE AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG WINDS OF
25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

MSZ062>066-072>074-031800-
LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-
FORREST-
1150 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR .

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO
70 MPH...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING BY LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A
COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL WHICH COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA. ALSO...WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST, 49 minutes before

MSZ028-032-037-021920-
ATTALA MS-MONTGOMERY MS-CHOCTAW MS-
1252 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1252 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...INTENSIFYING STORM GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POPLAR CREEK AT
1252 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTH
CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3345 8915 3315 8959 3326 8972 3329 8970
      3329 8965 3336 8965 3347 8951 3346 8950
      3346 8938 3352 8927 3352 8923
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 228DEG 33KT 3328 8958

BYB

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 1:17 PM CST, 24 minutes before

ARZ074-022000-
ASHLEY AR-
117 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
117 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF OLD MILO AT 117 PM
CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN ASHLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3321 9214 3322 9209 3323 9210 3328 9204
      3331 9198 3334 9200 3337 9197 3339 9199
      3341 9195 3339 9172 3326 9165 3311 9213
      3315 9211 3317 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 246DEG 26KT 3321 9216

JA

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 1:27 PM CST, 14 minutes before

MSZ029-030-022000-
WEBSTER MS-CLAY MS-
127 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
127 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF EUPORA AT 128 PM
CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN CLAY AND EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3378 8871 3375 8871 3356 8900 3356 8909
      3353 8909 3353 8919 3351 8929 3356 8934
      3375 8910 3374 8904 3376 8903 3376 8894
      3382 8893 3382 8874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 229DEG 41KT 3355 8918

BYB

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 1:30 PM CST, 11 minutes before

MSZ026-027-022000-
GRENADA MS-CARROLL MS-
130 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
130 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER TEOC AT 131 PM CST...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND WESTERN GRENADA COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3373 8971 3345 9008 3347 9010 3364 9011
      3365 9010 3368 9013 3383 8996 3383 8993
      3386 8993 3389 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 225DEG 25KT 3358 9008

BYB

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 1:41 PM CST, 0 minutes before

ARZ074-075-022010-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-
141 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
141 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF OLD MILO AT 141 PM
CST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3338 9197 3339 9147 3357 9145 3357 9135
      3352 9131 3352 9126 3357 9124 3351 9118
      3344 9123 3345 9117 3350 9117 3347 9112
      3341 9121 3338 9117 3345 9109 3342 9106
      3334 9114 3310 9178 3309 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 248DEG 35KT 3330 9181

JA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 3:18 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more	13 hr
Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	28 min
Mar 2, 1:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	33 min
Mar 2, 1:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	30 min
Mar 2, 1:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	28 min
Mar 2, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Montgomery	33 min
Mar 2, 2:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	39 min
Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	61 min
Mar 2, 2:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	41 min
Mar 2, 2:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	31 min
Mar 2, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	18 min
Mar 2, 3:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sunflower	30 min
Mar 2, 3:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery	65 min
Mar 2, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	42 min
Mar 2, 3:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	31 min
Mar 2, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	53 min
Mar 2, 4:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	31 min
Mar 2, 4:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	30 min
Mar 2, 4:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale	44 min
Mar 2, 4:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower	58 min
Mar 2, 4:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	34 min
Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	30 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	44 min
Mar 2, 5:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington	35 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	34 min
Mar 2, 5:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	33 min
Mar 2, 5:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	41 min
Mar 2, 5:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	23 min
Mar 2, 5:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys	67 min
Mar 2, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	27 min
Mar 2, 5:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	47 min
Mar 2, 2:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	72 min
Mar 2, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	West Carroll	43 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	42 min
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	49 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Richland	43 min
Mar 2, 1:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	43 min
Mar 2, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	66 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.