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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

May 21, 2012Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at May 21, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 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 21, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2012, 7:40 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Madison County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1043 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

298 
WWUS84 KJAN 220021
SPSJAN
MSZ042-043-220040-
MADISON MS-YAZOO MS-
721 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
721 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM YAZOO INTO MADISON COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF MYRLEVILLE AT 720
PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO 
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL YAZOO AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3269 8984 3252 9003 3253 9030 3270 9035
      3281 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 323DEG 17KT 3268 9020

$$

EEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale25 min
May 21, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo39 min
May 21, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison20 min
May 21, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes22 min
May 21, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes28 min
May 21, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes30 min
May 21, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes43 min
May 21, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams31 min
May 21, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison33 min
May 21, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes30 min
May 21, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes39 min
May 21, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo56 min
May 21, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison32 min
May 21, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes18 min
May 21, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Richland36 min
May 21, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas44 min
May 21, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Tensas46 min
May 21, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Franklin, Tensas48 min
May 21, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Tensas39 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.