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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

January 30, 2013Humphreys County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 12:34 AM CST for Humphreys County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 86 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2013, 12:34 AM CST (06:34 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2013, 2:00 AM CST
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 29, 5:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2013-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2013-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 29, 10:06 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 10:06 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1006 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

.DISCUSSION...MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.
RAISED OVERNIGHT LOWS...MAINLY IN THE EAST. TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE
STEADY NEAR 70 FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE MAIN LINE SEEMS TO BE
ACCELERATING...SO COOLER TEMPS MAY MOVE INTO TH WESTERN ZONES A
LITTLE SOONER...BUT FOR NOW WILL LEAVE TIME CLOSE TO 12Z. ADJUSTED
WIND ADVISORY TO EXTEND THE TIME TO 3Z. LOOKS LIKE THE GRADIENT
SHOULD HOLD BEYOND MIDNIGHT. IT WILL BE BREEZY ACROSS THE CWA.

MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ACROSS THE DELTA ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE RIVER...BUT A FEW STORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP TO THE
SOUTH. TIMING OF THE ACTIVITY STILL LOOKS GOOD. A NEW WATCH WILL BE
OUT SHORTLY.

&&

.AVIATION...MVFR CEILINGS RAPIDLY FILLING IN NEWD OVER THE CWFA.
FIRST BATCH OF SUPERCELLS LIFTING N OF OUR AREA HOWEVER MORE
PROLIFIC AXIS OF PRE-FRONTAL STORMS BUILDING INTO OUR WRN TIER AT
03Z. EXPECT DETERIORATING IFR CONDS WITH THE NUMEROUS STRONG/SEVERE
TSRA AS THE COLD FRONT ACCELERATES EWD TO MS RIVER 06-08Z AND
CROSSING I-55 08-11Z AND FINALLY THE MS/AL BORDER 11-14Z EXITING
THE ENTIRE CWFA BY 15Z. SUSTAINED S WINDS OF 15-25KTS WILL BE COMMON
WITH GUSTS OF 35KTS OVERNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE WSW WITH FROPA. VFR
BROKEN CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED ABOUT 3-4HRS AFTER THE WIND SHIFT WITH
STILL GUSTY WNW WINDS OF 15-25KTS 15Z-23Z WEDNESDAY./40/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       67  64  32  59 / 100  32  10   5
MERIDIAN      69  68  31  58 /  90  63  13   5
VICKSBURG     56  62  31  61 /  99  14   7   5
HATTIESBURG   69  67  33  59 /  87  63   9   5
NATCHEZ       57  61  31  60 /  98  13   7   5
GREENVILLE    56  55  31  58 / 100  14   5   5
GREENWOOD     58  61  30  59 / 100  15   8   5

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ018-019-025>027-
     034>036-040>042-047.

LA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023-025.

AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

7/40
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 3:15 PM CST, 9 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
315 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-025-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-
040>042-047-302115-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-
CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-
WARREN-
315 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
BRING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS TO THE REGION ALONG WITH SOME
TORNADOES. DUE TO A RARE COMBINATION OF INTENSE WIND SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...SOME HIGHER END SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE POSSIBLE INCLUDING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO
80 MPH AND A STRONG TORNADO. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9PM
AND 3AM BEFORE MOVING EAST.

AHEAD OF THIS SEVERE WEATHER...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 AND 30 MPH WILL BE
PRESENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE ARKLAMISS WITH GUSTS REACHING 40 TO 45
MPH IN THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY LOCATIONS. THE WIND ADVISORY
CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LAZ024-026-MSZ028>033-037>039-043>046-048>066-072>074-302115-
CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-
SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
315 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AND BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO THE REGION ALONG
WITH SOME TORNADOES. DUE TO A RARE COMBINATION OF INTENSE WIND SHEAR
AND INSTABILITY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...SOME HIGHER END SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE INCLUDING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WITH
GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH AND A STRONG TORNADO. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 AND BETWEEN
2 AND 7 AM FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

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 WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 29, 9:33 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
ARZ075-MSZ018-034-300405-
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-BOLIVAR MS-
933 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
933 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCMILLAN CORNER AT 933 PM CST...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVAR...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWESTERN CHICOT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3378 9104 3376 9100 3370 9104 3370 9114
      3366 9108 3318 9146 3356 9146 3357 9135
      3353 9132 3352 9126 3357 9124 3360 9114
      3369 9123 3371 9121 3371 9113 3377 9115
      3379 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 213DEG 60KT 3331 9151

JA
Local storm report, Jan 29, 10:23 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1023 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W COLLINSTON          32.69N 91.89W
01/29/2013                   MOREHOUSE          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF A TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 554 SOUTHEAST OF
            BASTROP.

&&

DCOX
Special weather statement, Jan 29, 11:23 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007-015-023-MSZ040-300610-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-ISSAQUENA MS-RICHLAND LA-MOREHOUSE LA-FRANKLIN
1123 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1123 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF DERMOTT TO 24 MILES WEST OF
BUCKNER AT 1123 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN 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 EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA...CHICOT AND ASHLEY
COUNTIES...AND NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN...MOREHOUSE AND RICHLAND
PARISHES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3340 9174 3339 9147 3357 9145 3357 9124
      3338 9114 3341 9110 3345 9106 3305 9112
      3293 9121 3300 9116 3301 9143 3285 9157
      3267 9164 3257 9144 3218 9172 3224 9200
      3265 9192 3289 9209
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 283DEG 35KT 3377 9136 3239 9230

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Washington67 min
Jan 29, 6:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington32 min
Jan 29, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington49 min
Jan 29, 7:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington38 min
Jan 29, 7:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower64 min
Jan 29, 7:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys, Sharkey31 min
Jan 29, 8:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower30 min
Jan 29, 9:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington66 min
Jan 29, 10:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower62 min
Jan 29, 10:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington59 min
Jan 29, 11:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington56 min
Jan 30, 12:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington87 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery, Yazoo95 min
Jan 30, 1:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren96 min
Jan 30, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Webster83 min
Jan 30, 2:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison57 min
Jan 30, 2:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Madison, Yazoo58 min
Jan 30, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery40 min
Jan 30, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin39 min
Jan 30, 3:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln51 min
Jan 30, 3:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston62 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake55 min
Jan 30, 3:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin, Simpson64 min
Jan 30, 3:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott48 min
Jan 30, 3:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba77 min
Jan 30, 4:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee79 min
Jan 30, 4:31 AM CSTWind AdvisoryJANAdams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 17 more13 hr
Jan 30, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton76 min
Jan 30, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson41 min
Jan 30, 5:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Simpson, Smith51 min
Jan 30, 5:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion47 min
Jan 30, 6:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones58 min
Jan 30, 6:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion46 min
Jan 30, 6:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke51 min
Jan 30, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale57 min
Jan 30, 6:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale47 min
Jan 30, 7:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar48 min
Jan 30, 7:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke50 min
Jan 30, 7:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar3 hr
Jan 29, 8:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse29 min
Jan 29, 8:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMorehouse, Richland62 min
Jan 29, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMorehouse58 min
Jan 29, 9:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll38 min
Jan 29, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse63 min
Jan 29, 9:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMorehouse40 min
Jan 29, 10:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRichland42 min
Jan 29, 10:48 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll42 min
Jan 29, 11:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse, Richland47 min
Jan 29, 11:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll47 min
Jan 29, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland87 min
Jan 30, 12:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Tensas95 min
Jan 29, 6:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot44 min
Jan 29, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot35 min
Jan 29, 8:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley29 min
Jan 29, 9:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot32 min
Jan 29, 10:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot65 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.