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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 201211 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 3:18 AM CST for 11 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2012, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 683 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

612 
WWUS74 KJAN 020918
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
318 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012


ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-040>042-021730-
/O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0003.120302T1200Z-120302T2200Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...
RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...
CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...
LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...
ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY
318 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING: GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A
  STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TODAY. STRONGEST WINDS WILL
  OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 2 PM.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 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.

&&

$$

CME
1 follow-up statement
859 
WWUS74 KJAN 022157
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
357 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012


ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-040>042-022300-
/O.EXP.KJAN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...
RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...
CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...
LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...
ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY
357 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.


$$

DL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 12:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw28 min
Mar 2, 1:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay33 min
Mar 2, 1:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada30 min
Mar 2, 1:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw28 min
Mar 2, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery33 min
Mar 2, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha39 min
Mar 2, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington61 min
Mar 2, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes41 min
Mar 2, 2:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes31 min
Mar 2, 2:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes18 min
Mar 2, 3:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower30 min
Mar 2, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery65 min
Mar 2, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower, Washington42 min
Mar 2, 3:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington31 min
Mar 2, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Washington53 min
Mar 2, 4:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMarion31 min
Mar 2, 4:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence30 min
Mar 2, 4:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper, Lauderdale44 min
Mar 2, 4:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower58 min
Mar 2, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery, Webster34 min
Mar 2, 4:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones30 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones44 min
Mar 2, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington35 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis34 min
Mar 2, 5:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster33 min
Mar 2, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery41 min
Mar 2, 5:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington23 min
Mar 2, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys67 min
Mar 2, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion27 min
Mar 2, 5:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster47 min
Mar 2, 1:17 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley43 min
Mar 2, 1:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley29 min
Mar 2, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot66 min
Mar 2, 2:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley72 min
Mar 2, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot43 min
Mar 2, 3:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse42 min
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll49 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Richland43 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.