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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS

January 30, 2013Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 3:57 AM CST for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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: Jan 30, 2013, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 4:45 AM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Scott County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 29, 10:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jan 30, 3:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

636 
WUUS54 KJAN 300957
SVRJAN
MSC123-301045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0028.130130T0957Z-130130T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
357 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HARPERVILLE...MORTON...FOREST...

* UNTIL 445 AM CST

* AT 357 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUDLOW TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANCH TO
  21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FORKVILLE BY 405 AM CST...
  PULASKI AND MORTON BY 420 AM CST...
  HOMEWOOD...HARPERVILLE AND HILLSBORO BY 425 AM CST...
  STEELE AND FOREST BY 435 AM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM
CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3223 8941 3222 8942 3222 8971 3226 8973
      3236 8973 3257 8979 3259 8978 3261 8973
      3258 8972 3257 8932 3223 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 243DEG 40KT 3252 8971 3239 8976
          3223 8992

$$

GRG

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, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 10:06 PM CST, 5 hours 51 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 30, 1:56 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
156 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>025-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040-
041-310800-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-
WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
156 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LAZ026-MSZ026>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-310800-
CONCORDIA-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-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-
156 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

SOME SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH AND A FEW
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING INTO THE NORTHWEST DELTA
REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 2 AM AND
7 AM BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE REGION.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION.

.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 EARLY THIS MORNING.

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

17

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:18 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
218 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0110 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ITTA BENA               33.50N 90.32W
01/30/2013                   LEFLORE            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

CME

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:29 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
229 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

1020 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NW VAIDEN             33.36N 89.79W
01/29/2013                   CARROLL            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HWY 35...ASSOCIATED WITH THE
            GRADIENT WINDS.

&&

CME

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:46 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
246 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0140 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SSW BLACK HAWK        33.26N 90.05W
01/30/2013                   HOLMES             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ALONG HOLLY GROVE AND MEEKS ROAD OFF HIGHWAY
            17

&&

CME

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:54 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
254 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0140 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE NEWELLTON         32.03N 91.22W
01/30/2013                   TENSAS             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            4 POWER POLES BROKEN AND LINES DOWN ALONG HWY 605.

&&

CME

Local storm report, Jan 30, 3:04 AM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
304 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0145 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E GRENADA             33.78N 89.78W
01/30/2013                   GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF BLOWN OFF APARTMENTS NEAR HWY 8 EAST.

&&

CME

Local storm report, Jan 30, 3:40 AM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0330 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE FLOWOOD           32.33N 90.09W
01/30/2013                   RANKIN             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TRANSFORMERS BLOWN DOWN AND LINES AND LIGHTS HANGING IN
            THE ROAD AT LUCKNEY AND LAKELAND DR.

&&

CME

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 6:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	67 min
Jan 29, 6:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	32 min
Jan 29, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	49 min
Jan 29, 7:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	38 min
Jan 29, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower	64 min
Jan 29, 7:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	31 min
Jan 29, 8:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sunflower	30 min
Jan 29, 9:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	66 min
Jan 29, 10:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	62 min
Jan 29, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	59 min
Jan 29, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	56 min
Jan 30, 12:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	87 min
Jan 30, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Leflore	86 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery, Yazoo	95 min
Jan 30, 1:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	96 min
Jan 30, 2:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Webster	83 min
Jan 30, 2:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	57 min
Jan 30, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	58 min
Jan 30, 2:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	40 min
Jan 30, 3:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	39 min
Jan 30, 3:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	51 min
Jan 30, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston	62 min
Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake	55 min
Jan 30, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	64 min
Jan 30, 3:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	77 min
Jan 30, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	79 min
Jan 30, 4:31 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 17 more	13 hr
Jan 30, 4:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	76 min
Jan 30, 4:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	41 min
Jan 30, 5:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson, Smith	51 min
Jan 30, 5:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	47 min
Jan 30, 6:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	58 min
Jan 30, 6:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	46 min
Jan 30, 6:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	51 min
Jan 30, 6:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	57 min
Jan 30, 6:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	47 min
Jan 30, 7:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	48 min
Jan 30, 7:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	50 min
Jan 30, 7:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	3 hr

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.