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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Nov 5, 2012, 7:44 PM CST for Rankin 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
- Nov 5, 2012, 7:44 PM CST (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2012, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Nov 5, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CIRCULATION AROUND A 554DAM CLOSED LOW OVER SE MISSOURI THAT IS PROGGED TO SWING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. 50H TEMPERATURES WERE RUNNING -25C IN THE CENTER OF LOW. DAYTIME CONVECTION HAS LIMITED INSOLATION AND COOLED TEMPERATURES AS MOST SITES WERE IN THE 50S THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REPORTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL WITH THE STORMS TODAY AND LAPSE RATES WILL STEEPEN A LITTLE FURTHER AS THE LOW NEARS. SHOWALTERS OF -1 TO -2 INDICATE THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABILITY FOR A FEW STORMS THIS EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 82. THE STRONG STORMS THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY TO NICKEL AND PERHAPS QUARTERS. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WL NOT CARRY POPS TUESDAY. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AS THE LOW SHIFTS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI ACROSS ALABAMA AND INTO GEORGIA. IN FACT...COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE NORM THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER OUR CWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER POTENT NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE WILL DIVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WAVE WILL PASS WELL TO OUR NORTHEAST AND MAY BRING A FEW MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS TO OUR NE MOST ZONES WEDNESDAY...BUT NO RAIN. IT WILL HELP REINFORCE THE COOL DRY AIR OVER OUR AREA AND SEND A SURFACE HIGH SOUTH TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS HIGH WILL SHIFT OVER OUR CWA BY THURSDAY MORNING. NEAR PERFECT RADIATIONAL COOLING OF OUR COOL DRY AIRMASS WILL SEND TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FROST AND A LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER OUR EASTERN ZONES. /22/ .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...QUIET WEATHER WILL BE THE STORY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS BRINGING CLEAR SKIES TO THE REGION...ALONG WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION ON FRIDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EMERGES OVER THE WEST-CENTRAL PLAINS...ALLOWING SOUTHERLY FLOW AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS TO RETURN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE GOING TO BE GUSTY OVER THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BECOMES ESTABLISHED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ATTENDANT TO THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. OVERALL SOLUTIONS IN THE LONG RANGE MODELS APPEAR SIMILAR SHOWING A LINEAR COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND STORMS CROSSING THE REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY ALONG OR JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE GFS IS A BIT STRONGER WITH THIS SYSTEM AS COMPARED TO THE ECMWF...SO THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THROUGH THE WEEK. AS FOR TEMPS...MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TOWARD THE COOLER ECMWF MOS WED THROUGH SUN...THEN KNOCKED HIGHS QUITE A BIT FOR MON AS CLOUDS/RAINS LOOK TO PREVAIL. /BK/ && .AVIATION...MVFR CEILINGS/VIS HAVE OVERSPREAD THE REGION AGAIN AS RAIN PICKS UP. SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND LIKELY REMAIN THROUGH 03Z. MVFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY BEFORE SLOWLY CLEARING /28/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 43 60 41 65 / 60 0 0 0 MERIDIAN 43 62 39 65 / 73 2 0 0 VICKSBURG 43 61 40 67 / 37 0 0 0 HATTIESBURG 48 64 42 67 / 67 0 0 0 NATCHEZ 46 61 42 67 / 43 0 0 0 GREENVILLE 44 60 41 65 / 31 0 0 0 GREENWOOD 42 59 40 62 / 60 0 0 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 22/BK/28
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 2:33 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 233 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040>043-047>066-072>074-062045- MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- MADISON MS-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- 233 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A STRONG DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE AREA. A FEW SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FROM HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>039-044>046-062045- ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL- MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON- HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- 233 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. 28
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 7:16 PM CST, 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 29 min |
| Nov 5, 7:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 47 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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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.