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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 9:29 AM CDT for Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 5, 2012, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Oktibbeha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1002 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 5, 3:18 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:18 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 442 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-MSZ018-019-025>052-060945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-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- 442 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS...AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO NICKEL OR QUARTER SIZE. IN ADDITION...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE STORMS DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S WITH PEAK HEAT INDICES RANGING BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. THOSE SPENDING MUCH TIME OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SURE TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HOT CONDITIONS WITH PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ARE AGAIN ANTICIPATED FRIDAY WITH MORE STORMS ERUPTING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AGAIN BE STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN RISK FROM THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. .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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LAZ024>026-MSZ053>066-072>074-060945- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER- CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 442 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS...AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO NICKEL OR QUARTER SIZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ERUPT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD AGAIN BE STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN RISK FROM THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. .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 THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 50
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:29 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ033-051530-
OKTIBBEHA MS-
929 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
929 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED
3 MILES EAST OF STARKVILLE AT 928 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10
MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 OKTIBBEHA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3328 8877 3328 8890 3337 8903 3357 8880
3356 8876 3351 8867 3341 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 039DEG 11KT 3345 8877
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Simpson, Yazoo | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 16 min |
| Jul 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.