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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

July 27, 2012Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2012, 3:18 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2012, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2012, 3:50 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

County Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.

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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: 2214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 27, 11:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 11:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
137 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-MSZ018-019-025>029-034>036-040>042-
281845-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-
WEBSTER-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-
137 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

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 THURSDAY.

LAZ023>026-MSZ030>033-037>039-043>066-072>074-281845-
FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-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-
137 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

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 THURSDAY.

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:19 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

MSZ057-058-272020-
JASPER MS-CLARKE MS-
219 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
219 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE AT 219 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CLARKE AND EASTERN JASPER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3189 8847 3189 8848 3185 8863 3183 8874
      3183 8895 3222 8896 3222 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 273DEG 23KT 3206 8885

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

MSZ049-055-056-272050-
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-RANKIN MS-
318 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
318 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST RANKIN COUNTY...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNS AT 318 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3221 8966 3204 8971 3199 8972 3210 8999
      3226 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 282DEG 13KT 3217 8991

MRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	60 min
Jul 27, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	61 min
Jul 27, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	46 min
Jul 27, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	60 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	30 min
Jul 27, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	62 min
Jul 27, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	30 min
Jul 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leake	46 min
Jul 27, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	36 min
Jul 27, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	31 min
Jul 27, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	42 min
Jul 27, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	41 min
Jul 27, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	61 min
Jul 27, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	58 min
Jul 27, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	62 min
Jul 27, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	44 min
Jul 27, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	47 min
Jul 27, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	38 min
Jul 27, 6:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	119 min
Jul 27, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	45 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.