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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 10, 2012Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2012, 9:36 PM CDT for Newton 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: Aug 10, 2012, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2012, 10:05 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

County Newton County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-p

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: 3259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.5

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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 Aug 10, 9:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 9:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 2:10 PM CDT, 7 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
210 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012

LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ027>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-111915-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-
CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-HOLMES-
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-
210 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH BY
AROUND 8 PM AS A SLOWING COLD FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE NORTH AND DRIER
AIR INFILTRATES THE REGION.

.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...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH THURSDAY.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025-026-034-035-040-041-111915-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
210 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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 THURSDAY.

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

40

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 8:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

MSZ055-056-065-110130-
SMITH MS-SIMPSON MS-COVINGTON MS-
802 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
802 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MAGEE TO 9 MILES WEST OF MOUNT OLIVE AT 802 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT
15 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 NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3169 8975 3177 8975 3178 8976 3177 8978
      3177 8987 3183 8985 3199 8970 3196 8953
      3180 8960 3168 8968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 280DEG 13KT 3191 8966 3181 8975
          3172 8981

BK

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 8:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

MSZ044>046-050>052-110210-
SCOTT MS-NEWTON MS-NESHOBA MS-LEAKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
810 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
810 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012

...LINE OF STRONG STORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ELECTRIC MILLS TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARTHAGE AT 810 PM CDT...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
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 KEMPER...NORTHERN LAUDERDALE...SOUTHERN LEAKE...NESHOBA...
NORTHERN NEWTON AND SCOTT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3253 8839 3241 8883 3231 8965 3271 8971
      3288 8904 3291 8840 3286 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 335DEG 13KT 3288 8830 3278 8894
          3268 8959

EEC

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 8:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:02 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 9:16 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	31 min
Aug 10, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	59 min
Aug 10, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	32 min
Aug 10, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	30 min
Aug 10, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	28 min
Aug 10, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	60 min
Aug 10, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	63 min
Aug 10, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	28 min
Aug 10, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	28 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.