Alert archive / Mississippi / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WWUS84 KJAN 040039 SPSJAN MSZ056-057-065-066-040110- SMITH MS-JONES MS-JASPER MS-COVINGTON MS- 739 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 739 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER STRINGER AT 740 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN JASPER...NORTHWESTERN JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3166 8931 3183 8953 3196 8932 3189 8913 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 037DEG 10KT 3186 8927 $$ JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake, Scott | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.