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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

June 4, 2012Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2012, 10:32 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Yazoo County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 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: Jun 4, 2012, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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

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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 Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 7 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
310 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>052-056>058-052015-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-
310 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT MOVING
SOUTHEAST FROM THE DELTA REGION. THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A
HIGHWAY 49 AXIS FROM GREENVILLE TO JACKSON TO LAUREL. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL BE SLOWLY DROPPING INTO THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

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...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ053>055-059>066-072>074-052015-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-
CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
310 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI...AS WELL AS MOST OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW TONIGHT.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF NICKEL TO QUARTER
SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL
BE SLOWLY DROPPING TOWARD THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF NICKEL TO QUARTER
SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE STALLING IN THE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.

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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:01 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	52 min
Jun 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	57 min
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	61 min
Jun 4, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	61 min
Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	33 min
Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	57 min
Jun 4, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	49 min
Jun 4, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo	55 min
Jun 5, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	31 min
Jun 5, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	28 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys	31 min
Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	29 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	29 min
Jun 4, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	57 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2012 Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2012 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.