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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

June 24, 2012Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2012, 2:57 PM CDT for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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 24, 2012, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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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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 24, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 12:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 2:14 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
214 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

LAZ024>026-MSZ029>033-037>039-042>066-072>074-251915-
CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-
ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
214 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

HOT CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA AS HIGHS TOP OUT
BETWEEN 96 AND 99 DEGREES. COMBINING THAT WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY
VALUES...HEAT INDICES WILL AGAIN TOP OUT AROUND 100 DEGREES TO 105
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

REGUARDING TROPICAL STORM DEBBY...CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY STILL
EXISTS IN THE OVERALL TRACK AND EVOLUTION DURING THE LONG RANGE.
THERE DOES REMAIN SOME POTENTIAL FOR THIS SYSTEM TO IMPACT PORTIONS
OF THE AREA BY LATE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND IF THE SLOW SOLUTIONS
VERIFY.

.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 SATURDAY.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036-040-
041-251915-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-
MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
214 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

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 SATURDAY.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ049-055-056-242015-
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-
257 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
257 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WIND POTENTIAL NEAR POLKVILLE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WHITE OAK AT 257 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

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 SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN...NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND NORTHWESTERN
SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3207 8994 3224 8973 3222 8973 3222 8959
      3217 8952 3192 8976
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 043DEG 22KT 3216 8967

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith20 min
Jun 24, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson22 min
Jun 24, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale41 min
Jun 24, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale36 min
Jun 24, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence19 min
Jun 24, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper37 min
Jun 24, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones43 min
Jun 24, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar46 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.