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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT for Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 6, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 5:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 6, 3:48 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:48 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 348 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 .DISCUSSION... UNDER A SLIGHT RISK THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING FOR DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS ACROSS ARKLAMISS VIA THE SPC. THE RISK OF MICROBURSTS IS LIKELY WITH RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND VERY WARM TEMPS AT THE SURFACE. PW VALUES ARE 1.75 TO 2 INCHES IN THE AREA. THE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND CLOUDS INHIBITED THE MAIN AFTERNOON ACTIVITY FROM SPROUTING MUCH EARLIER TODAY THOUGH. AS THESE CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED THE GROUND HAS WARMED UP BEHIND THEM AND CONDITIONS ARE RIPE AGAIN FOR MULTICELLS IN NORTHERN MS AND SCATTERED ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH. TONIGHT...MODELS ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN AGREEMENT IN HOW THE OVERNIGHT RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER NORTHERN AL AND SOUTHERN TN MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD MAY HAVE ENOUGH PUSH BEHIND IT TO EXTEND ITSELF INTO OUR NRN CWA OVERNIGHT...WITH NORTH OF THE HWY 82 CORRIDOR EXPERIENCING THE BRUNT OF IT. OVERNIGHT...AS THE COMPLEX PROGRESSES THROUGH MS IT WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE AS IT WON'T HAVE ANY BOUYANCY TO FEED OFF OF AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. THE SOUTHERN CWA CAN EXPECT CLEARING OVERNIGHT AND NOT MUCH IN THE CHANCES OF STORMS. THE REST OF THE WEEKEND...A WEAK SHORTWAVE HAS BEEN ROTATING CLOCKWISE AROUND THE H5 RIDGE WHICH IS CENTERED TO OUR NORTHWEST AND HAS BROUGHT DECENT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. THIS SCATTERED AFTERNOON ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS H5 RIDGE WILL THEN BEGIN WEAKENING THIS SUNDAY AND ALLOW A FRONTAL SYSTEM TO MOVE IN EARLY NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH SLIGHLY MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCES FOR RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND CLOSER TO NORMAL TOMORROW AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AS ALL THIS RAIN COOLS THE GROUND. /10/ LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...UPPER TROUGHING THAT TRACKS WWD INTO THE REGION UNDERNEATH WEAKENING RIDGING WILL STALL OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. TROUGHING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS IT PHASES WITH AN UPPER LOW SYSTEM THAT WILL REMAIN LOCKED OVER THE NERN U.S. STATES. A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES WILL DROP ALONG WRN EDGES OF THE UPPER TROUGH...EVENTUALLY DIGGING OUT A MORE AMPLIFIED TROUGH OVER THE ERN U.S. THAT WILL MAINTAIN A WETTER AND COOLER PATTERN OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR SUN THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER PATTERN FOR OUR AREA. THEY ALSO DEVELOP A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL HANG JUST TO OUR N SUN AND MON BEFORE DRIFTING SLOWLY SWD INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND HANGING ACROSS NRN/CNTRL ZONES THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. HEALTHY CAPE VALUES ARE FORECAST DURING THE AFTERNOONS ALTHOUGH LAPSE RATES/VERTICAL TOTALS WILL REMAIN MARGINAL AND SHEAR VALUES LOOK LOW UNTIL LATER IN THE EXTENDED WHEN THE SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVES INTO NRN ZONES. PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY LATER IN THE PERIOD WHEN LOW LEVEL FORCING/CONVERGENCE BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA. FOLLOWED MEX MOS POPS BUT RAIN CHANCES MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED FOR NEXT WEEK ACCORDING TO WHERE THE BOUNDARY SETS UP. A BREAK FROM HOTTER TEMPERATURES IS ON THE WAY. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MORE WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES WILL RESULT IN COOLER READINGS WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY REMAINING A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL AT MANY AREAS NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT MOST TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. AS EXPECTED...SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE AREA. AS WE SAW YESTERDAY...STRONG WIND GUSTS...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 50-60 KNOTS...ALONG WITH HAIL...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. MOST STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE DECREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION TO CONTINUE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND PERHAPS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BRIEF MVFR TO LIFR CEILINGS AND OR VISIBILITIES WILL EXIST AT SITES THAT OBSERVE ANY CONVECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD. /19/ && .FIRE WEATHER... MANY COUNTIES/PARISHES AROUND THE ARKLAMISS REMAIN UNDER BURN BANS AS MOST LOCATIONS ARE WELL BELOW NORMAL IN RAINFALL FOR THE PAST MONTH. FORTUNATELY...SPOTTY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IN MANY AREAS...AND THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS RECEIVING DECENT RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE LONGER RANGE FORECAST HOLDS GOOD POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AND COOLER TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. IF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNFOLD AS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...IT IS POSSIBLE SOME STATE FORESTRY COMMISSIONS MAY CONSIDER LIFTING SOME LOCAL BURN BANS. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 73 94 72 91 / 40 46 48 56 MERIDIAN 71 93 71 91 / 40 45 46 45 VICKSBURG 72 95 72 91 / 40 48 49 61 HATTIESBURG 71 93 72 90 / 26 55 23 30 NATCHEZ 71 91 72 90 / 29 62 31 47 GREENVILLE 73 97 73 93 / 40 35 54 68 GREENWOOD 71 96 73 91 / 40 35 56 68 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 210 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>046-071915- 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- 210 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF BOTH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY... A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINE WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES DRIFTING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. IN GENERAL...THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. IN ADDITION...ITS POSSIBLE THAT A WEST SOUTHWESTWARD MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD ADVANCE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TONIGHT... POSING YET ANOTHER RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. FOR SATURDAY...ONCE AGAIN A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA AS HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING IN FROM THE EAST. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM 50 TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ047>066-072>074-071915- RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-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- 210 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF BOTH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY... A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINE WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES DRIFTING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. IN GENERAL...THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF 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 FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 19
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
329 PM CDT FRI JUL 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1220 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CALEDONIA 33.66N 88.35W
07/06/2012 LOWNDES MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SMALL TREE BLOCKING ROAD
1225 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW CALEDONIA 33.66N 88.35W
07/06/2012 LOWNDES MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE LIMBS DOWN
1225 AM TSTM WND DMG WEST POINT 33.61N 88.64W
07/06/2012 CLAY MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY
1225 AM TSTM WND DMG CALEDONIA 33.68N 88.33W
07/06/2012 LOWNDES MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BLOCKING ROAD
1240 AM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 33.51N 88.40W
07/06/2012 LOWNDES MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN COLUMBUS AND ACROSS THE
COUNTY
1250 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE SESSUMS 33.40N 88.65W
07/06/2012 LOWNDES MS PUBLIC
REPORTS OF A LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS SCHLATER ROAD
NEAR ARTESIA.
1250 AM TSTM WND DMG STARKVILLE 33.46N 88.82W
07/06/2012 OKTIBBEHA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...INCLUDING ONE
TREE ON A HOUSE ON W MAIN ST AND A TREE DOWN ONTO POWER
LINES ON MCKINLEY ST. POWER WAS OUT ACROSS A GOOD PORTION
OF THE CITY.
1257 AM TSTM WND DMG PHEBA 33.58N 88.95W
07/06/2012 CLAY MS PUBLIC
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN PHEBA
0112 AM TSTM WND GST STARKVILLE 33.46N 88.82W
07/06/2012 M0.00 MPH OKTIBBEHA MS AWOS
56 MPH WIND GUST ON STARKVILLE AWOS
0120 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 W STARKVILLE 33.46N 89.00W
07/06/2012 OKTIBBEHA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG SEVERAL ROADS IN WESTERN PARTS OF THE
COUNTY
0135 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW LOUISVILLE 33.10N 89.13W
07/06/2012 WINSTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF WINSTON
COUNTY
0135 AM TSTM WND GST LOUISVILLE 33.12N 89.05W
07/06/2012 E0.00 MPH WINSTON MS PUBLIC
50 MPH WIND GUST
0140 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW LOUISVILLE 33.13N 89.07W
07/06/2012 WINSTON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS OLD ROBINSON ROAD AS WELL AS HWY 14
WEST
&&
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
333 PM CDT FRI JUL 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S HAZLEHURST 31.84N 90.39W
07/04/2012 COPIAH MS NEWSPAPER
A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 51 JUST SOUTH OF
HAZLEHURST ALONG WITH LOTS OF BRANCHES.
0235 PM TSTM WND GST 1 E LUDLOW 32.57N 89.70W
07/04/2012 E50.00 MPH SCOTT MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ALONG HILLSBOROUGH RD
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S ELLISVILLE 31.56N 89.21W
07/04/2012 JONES MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNN JUST SOUTH OF ELLISVILLE
0322 PM TSTM WND GST MARTINVILLE 31.97N 89.75W
07/04/2012 E50.00 MPH SIMPSON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN NEAR MARTINVILLE
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WNW PURVIS 31.15N 89.44W
07/04/2012 LAMAR MS EMERGENCY MNGR
A HOUSE ON PURVIS-PLOH ROAD LOST ITS ROOF.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG MONTICELLO 31.55N 90.11W
07/04/2012 LAWRENCE MS PUBLIC
TREES DOWN IN MONTICELLO.
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW PURVIS 31.16N 89.43W
07/04/2012 LAMAR MS EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN JUST NORTHWEST OF PURVIS.
0420 PM HAIL 2 NW PURVIS 31.16N 89.43W
07/04/2012 E1.75 INCH LAMAR MS EMERGENCY MNGR
WINDSHIELD BUSTED BY HAIL. SIZE ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST
GOLFBALL SIZE.
0431 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE PURVIS 31.14N 89.39W
07/04/2012 LAMAR MS EMERGENCY MNGR
LINE OF TREES DOWN ALONG PURVIS-BROOKLYN ROAD. 2 FIRE
CREWS AT SCENE CLEARING DEBRIS.
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG WINNSBORO 32.16N 91.72W
07/04/2012 FRANKLIN LA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY. A CHURCH MARQUEE WAS BLOWN
OVER AS WELL.
&&
BKSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 3:51 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
MSZ060-062120- ADAMS MS- 351 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 351 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANFIELD AT 351 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3136 9135 3155 9141 3157 9115 3139 9116 TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 070DEG 9KT 3147 9117 MRM
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
MSZ030-031-033-062215-
OKTIBBEHA MS-LOWNDES MS-CLAY MS-
403 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
403 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION THIS
EVENING...
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTH
OF CALEDONIA AT 400 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE
SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION THIS EVENING...REACHING
NORTHERN LOWNDES AND CLAY COUNTIES BETWEEN 430 AND 5 PM. DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.
PEOPLE IN CLAY...LOWNDES AND OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE
STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3340 8829 3342 8888 3374 8897 3376 8894
3382 8892 3382 8873 3380 8871 3368 8871
3369 8850 3367 8849 3367 8846 3370 8840
3369 8837 3375 8832 3374 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 024DEG 14KT 3404 8825
AEGSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 4:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ030-031-062205-
LOWNDES MS-CLAY MS-
436 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
436 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN LOWNDES AND CLAY
COUNTIES...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS AND PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WAS LOCATED FROM 18 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONTPELIER TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALEDONIA AT 435 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 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 CLAY AND NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3344 8828 3349 8855 3354 8868 3356 8868
3356 8872 3369 8904 3373 8904 3376 8902
3376 8894 3382 8893 3382 8873 3368 8871
3369 8850 3367 8846 3369 8837 3375 8832
3375 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 026DEG 23KT 3393 8880 3376 8839
3373 8822
BKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Kemper, Montgomery, Neshoba, Noxubee and 2 more | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Kemper, Lauderdale, Montgomery and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Lauderdale, Leake, Leflore and 4 more | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 72 min |
| Jul 6, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Richland, Tensas | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | West Carroll | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Concordia | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Catahoula | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Catahoula | 29 min |
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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.