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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. 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
- May 6, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 5:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742
WWUS84 KJAN 062221
SPSJAN
MSZ066-062250-
JONES MS-
521 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
521 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF OVETT AT 521 PM CDT.
THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3144 8915 3144 8917 3158 8925 3165 8900
3154 8893 3147 8893 3142 8901 3143 8902
3143 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 081DEG 2KT 3153 8904
$$
BKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 21 min |
| May 6, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 6, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll | 33 min |
| May 6, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 51 min |
| May 6, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 31 min |
| May 6, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 45 min |
| May 6, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 30 min |
| May 6, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 58 min |
| May 6, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 6, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| May 6, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 30 min |
| May 6, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| May 6, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 44 min |
| May 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 32 min |
| May 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 52 min |
| May 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 30 min |
| May 6, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 54 min |
| May 6, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 32 min |
| May 6, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 85 min |
| May 6, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.