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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2012, 10:01 AM CDT for 8 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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 12, 2012, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2012, 10:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
Counties Attala County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Leake County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 12, 4:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 4:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 532 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 LAZ026-MSZ043>046-048>066-072>074-131045- CONCORDIA-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT- NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS- COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 532 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD STORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORM ACTIVITY...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MID MORNING UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. THE MAIN RISK FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS OF 50-60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 NEXT FRIDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>025-MSZ018-019-025>042-047- 131045- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE- GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA- SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN- 532 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW STORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE. DUE TO MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORM ACTIVITY...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 NEXT FRIDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. CME
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
MSZ043-047>049-053>055-059-061>063-121400- WARREN MS-SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-LINCOLN MS-LAWRENCE MS- JEFFERSON MS-HINDS MS-FRANKLIN MS-COPIAH MS-CLAIBORNE MS- 835 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 835 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND HEADING NORTHEAST INTO INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR... A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF BUILDING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING STRIKES...HEAVY LOCAL DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOLTON TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY TO ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTH OF VICKSBURG AT 830 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE INCREASING FROM THE JACKSON METRO AREA SOUTHWARD ALONG THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. THESE RAINS COULD PERSIST FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS BEFORE SLIDING OFF TO THE EAST DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 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 EASTERN CLAIBORNE...COPIAH...FRANKLIN...HINDS...EASTERN JEFFERSON...WESTERN LAWRENCE...LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN MADISON... WESTERN RANKIN...WESTERN SIMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3231 9087 3267 8995 3137 9008 3134 9115 TIME...MOT...LOC 1328Z 237DEG 31KT 3231 9050 3133 9098 40
Special weather statement, May 12, 10:01 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ036-037-042>044-048>050-054>056-062-063-121555- ATTALA MS-SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-MADISON MS- LINCOLN MS-LEAKE MS-LAWRENCE MS-HOLMES MS-HINDS MS-COPIAH MS-YAZOO MS- 1001 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1001 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HEADING NORTHEAST THROUGH INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR NORTH OF HAZLEHURST... A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF BUILDING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING STRIKES...HEAVY LOCAL DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM PICKENS TO ALLEN AT 955 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH THROUGH THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR AND JACKSON AREAS. HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE INCREASING FROM THE KOSCIUSKO TO JACKSON METRO TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS AREAS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR THROUGH NOON TIME. RAINS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY IN SPOTS AND THESE RAINS COULD PERSIST FOR UP TO 3 HOURS BEFORE SLIDING OFF TO THE EAST. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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 EASTERN YAZOO...COPIAH...EASTERN HINDS...SOUTHERN HOLMES... NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...WESTERN LEAKE...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN... MADISON...RANKIN...WESTERN SCOTT...SIMPSON...NORTHWESTERN SMITH AND ATTALA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3319 8934 3181 8973 3162 9074 3315 9022 TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 232DEG 38KT 3288 8996 3174 9061 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 12, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more | 25 min |
| May 12, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 56 min |
| May 12, 10:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Leake, Montgomery | 56 min |
| May 12, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 50 min |
| May 12, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| May 12, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Scott and 1 more | 84 min |
| May 12, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 28 min |
| May 12, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 56 min |
| May 12, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 61 min |
| May 12, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 49 min |
| May 12, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 30 min |
| May 12, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 37 min |
| May 12, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 47 min |
| May 12, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 60 min |
| May 12, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 60 min |
| May 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 61 min |
| May 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 59 min |
| May 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 51 min |
| May 12, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 59 min |
| May 12, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 61 min |
| May 12, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.