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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2012, 2:38 PM CDT for Adams County, Mississippi; Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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 10, 2012, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 3:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Adams County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 10, 10:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 10:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 121 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040-047-053-059>061- 111830- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-ISSAQUENA- WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS- 121 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE DELTA REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRACK SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...EXITING THE REGION WEDNESDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS TO VICKSBURG TO MEADVILLE MISSISSIPPI LINE BEFORE 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR 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...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH MONDAY. MSZ018-019-025>039-041>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-111830- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY- LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA- WINSTON-NOXUBEE-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION- LAMAR-FORREST- 121 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR 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...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 40
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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 1:53 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 10, 1:56 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
156 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL 3 NW PRENTISS 31.63N 89.91W
04/02/2012 E1.75 INCH JEFFERSON DAVIS MS PUBLIC
MINOR ROOF DMG ALSO OCCURRED FROM THE HAIL
0327 PM HAIL 2 N PRENTISS 31.63N 89.87W
04/02/2012 E0.88 INCH JEFFERSON DAVIS MS PUBLIC
HAIL LASTED FOR NEARLY 15 MIN
0311 AM HAIL 5 S GOODWILL 32.71N 91.56W
04/05/2012 E1.75 INCH WEST CARROLL LA PUBLIC
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ALONG HWY 585.
0306 AM HAIL 1 N HOLLANDALE 33.19N 90.85W
04/05/2012 E1.50 INCH WASHINGTON MS COUNTY OFFICIAL
MINOR SHINGLE DAMAGE AND MAILBOX DAMAGE FROM THE HAIL.
0603 AM HAIL 1 S ARCOLA 33.26N 90.88W
04/05/2012 E1.00 INCH WASHINGTON MS COUNTY OFFICIAL
0615 AM HAIL MAYERSVILLE 32.90N 91.04W
04/05/2012 E1.75 INCH ISSAQUENA MS PUBLIC
MOSTLY PENNY SIZED HAIL WITH SOME STONES UP TO GOLF BALL
SIZE.
0644 AM HAIL HOLLY BLUFF 32.82N 90.71W
04/05/2012 E1.00 INCH YAZOO MS PUBLIC
SOME OF THE CORN CROP WAS DAMAGED.
0715 AM HAIL 3 SSE HOWARD 33.08N 90.17W
04/05/2012 E1.00 INCH HOLMES MS PUBLIC
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
0737 AM HAIL 6 WNW CANTON 32.64N 90.13W
04/05/2012 E1.00 INCH MADISON MS PUBLIC
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CMESpecial weather statement, Apr 10, 2:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
LAZ024-026-MSZ060-102005-
ADAMS MS-CONCORDIA LA-CATAHOULA LA-
238 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
238 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM SHERWOOD TO FERRIDAY AT
237 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...A QUICK ONE HALF TO
THREE QUARTERS INCH OF RAIN FALL WITHIN ONE HOURS TIME WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
PEOPLE IN WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...AND CATAHOULA AND NORTHERN CONCORDIA
PARISHES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3193 9201 3194 9199 3166 9134 3136 9127
3133 9137 3136 9198 3158 9198 3176 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 342DEG 118KT 3184 9195 3162 9152
JAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Catahoula | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 30 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2012Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.