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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2012, 1:53 PM CDT for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 2:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Lamar County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 5, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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MSZ072-073-051925- MARION MS-LAMAR MS- 153 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 153 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 45 MPH WIND GUSTS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF PINEBUR AT 154 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 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 CENTRAL LAMAR AND EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3114 8977 3132 8974 3129 8935 3107 8935 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 278DEG 24KT 3122 8965 BYB
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, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 47 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.