Alert archive / Mississippi / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 4:55 AM CST for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 4:55 AM CST (10:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
All 58 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
208 WWUS74 KJAN 231055 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 455 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WEST 10 AM TO 4 PM TODAY... ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>043-047-048-053-054-059>062-231900- /O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.120223T1600Z-120223T2200Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-CLAIBORNE- COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS... GOODMAN...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY... RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...VICKSBURG...JACKSON... PORT GIBSON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...FAYETTE... NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 455 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALL TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 22
3 follow-up statements
109 WWUS74 KJAN 232116 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>043-047-048-053-054-059>062-240200- /O.EXT.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T0200Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-CLAIBORNE- COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS... GOODMAN...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY... RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...VICKSBURG...JACKSON... PORT GIBSON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...FAYETTE... NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 316 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALL TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 28
557 WWUS74 KJAN 232208 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 408 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... MSZ029>033-037>039-044>046-049>052-055>058-063>066-072>074-240200- /O.EXA.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T0200Z/ WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SIMPSON-SMITH- JASPER-CLARKE-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION- LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON... WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE... KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON...BROOKSVILLE...CARTHAGE... PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB...SCOOBA...PEARL...BRANDON... RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR... CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...MAGEE...MENDENHALL...TAYLORSVILLE... RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN...STONEWALL... SHUBUTA...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS...BASSFIELD... COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA...WEST HATTIESBURG... LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 408 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALL TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>036- 040>043-047-048-053-054-059>062-240200- /O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T0200Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-CLAIBORNE- COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS... GOODMAN...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY... RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...VICKSBURG...JACKSON... PORT GIBSON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...FAYETTE... NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 408 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALL TREES AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
548 WWUS74 KJAN 240100 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 240200- /O.CAN.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T0200Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-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- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA... MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR... STARKVILLE...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON... BROOKSVILLE...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA... YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...CARTHAGE... PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB...SCOOBA...VICKSBURG... JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON... UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...PORT GIBSON... CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE... MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 700 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ DL
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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.