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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

April 5, 2012Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2012, 1:08 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 5, 2012, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2012, 1:55 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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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 Apr 5, 11:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 11:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 12:50 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 AM CDT THU APR 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 AM     HAIL             QUITMAN                 32.04N 88.72W
04/05/2012  E0.75 INCH       CLARKE             MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 12:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 1:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	28 min
Apr 5, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	53 min
Apr 5, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	64 min
Apr 5, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	31 min
Apr 5, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	50 min
Apr 5, 4:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	31 min
Apr 5, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	30 min
Apr 5, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	31 min
Apr 5, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	46 min
Apr 5, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	60 min
Apr 5, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	56 min
Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	30 min
Apr 5, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	30 min
Apr 5, 6:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey, Yazoo	55 min
Apr 5, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	64 min
Apr 5, 6:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	28 min
Apr 5, 7:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	30 min
Apr 5, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo	67 min
Apr 5, 7:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	33 min
Apr 5, 7:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	40 min
Apr 5, 7:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	19 min
Apr 5, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin, Yazoo	46 min
Apr 5, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison	39 min
Apr 5, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	48 min
Apr 5, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	32 min
Apr 5, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	41 min
Apr 5, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	48 min
Apr 5, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	29 min
Apr 5, 9:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	57 min
Apr 5, 9:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	28 min
Apr 5, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	32 min
Apr 5, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	54 min
Apr 5, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	29 min
Apr 5, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	41 min
Apr 5, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Smith	38 min
Apr 5, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	39 min
Apr 5, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	31 min
Apr 5, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	32 min
Apr 5, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	44 min
Apr 5, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	29 min
Apr 5, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	29 min
Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	59 min
Apr 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	50 min
Apr 5, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	West Carroll	32 min
Apr 5, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll	54 min
Apr 5, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Richland	31 min
Apr 5, 4:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	58 min
Apr 5, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	42 min
Apr 5, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	56 min
Apr 5, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	32 min
Apr 5, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	31 min
Apr 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	28 min
Apr 5, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	63 min
Apr 5, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	52 min
Apr 5, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	50 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.