Alert archive / Mississippi / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 1:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 1:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 2, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 3:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Mar 2, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 3:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 2, 4:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys | 67 min |
| Mar 2, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 1:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 1:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 66 min |
| Mar 2, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 72 min |
| Mar 2, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 43 min |
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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.