Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2013, 6:50 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 21, 2013, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 21, 3:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 3:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 347 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AMPLE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW UP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON COULD LINGER INTO THE TONIGHT PERIOD...BUT MOST WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL TO AROUND 70. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE A BIT MORE SCARCE ON THURSDAY AS THE TROUGH DEPARTS AND MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST. AS RAIN CHANCES LESSEN...TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE A FEW DEGREES OR SO AS HIGHS THURSDAY AFTERNOON CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL AGAIN FALL DOWN AROUND 70. LOOKING TO FRIDAY...BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA WHERE THE BETTER MOISTURE WILL EXIST. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE LESS TO THE NORTH THANKS TO MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL ONCE AGAIN CLIMB INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S...WITH LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 70. /27/19/ .LONG TERM...SATURDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...NOT TO MANY BIG SURPRISES THIS GO ROUND IN THE LONG RANGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AS MODELS GENERALLY REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND FAIRLY CONSISTENT FROM RUN-TO-RUN. THROUGH THE WEEKEND EXPECT A RATHER STOUT UPPER LEVEL SUBTROPICAL RIDGE CENTER TO MIGRATE SLOWLY EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. DURING THIS TIME THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE WILL HAVE GRADUALLY INCREASING SUBSIDENT IMPACT ON NORTHERN ZONES (ESPECIALLY UP IN THE ARKLAMISS DELTA). THIS WILL RESULT IN RELATIVELY SMALL DIURNALLY-DRIVEN RAIN CHANCES UP IN THE ARKLAMISS DELTA...TRANSITIONING TO DECENT CHANCES OF PRECIP IN THE MAINLY THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SOUTH OF I-20. ACTUALLY SOME SUGGESTION OF LINGERING JET LEVEL TROUGH IN SOUTHERN ZONES...COMBINED WITH HIGH MOISTURE (> 2 IN PW VALUES) AND H850 CONVERGENCE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIP AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS PRESCRIBED PERIOD. DURING THIS TIME ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE EXTREMELY ISOLATED AND THUS NOT REALLY WORTH MENTION IN THE HWO. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE LIKELY BE TEMPERED BY CLOUDS AND PRECIP TO LEVEL LESS THAN MEXMOS EXPECTATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR...WHILE FURTHER NORTHWEST PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH TEMPS WELL UP IN THE 90S COULD POSSIBLY REACH THE LOW 100S. EARLY NEXT WEEK THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE LOOKS TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT STATIONARY...ALTHOUGH PERHAPS THE CENTER WILL DROP A LITTLE SOUTH DOWN THE AXIS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL PROMOTE MORE WIDESPREAD SUBSIDENCE AND DIVERGENCE AT THE SURFACE AND THUS LESS RAIN CHANCES IN ALL AREAS. MAIN CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON STORMS THEN WILL BE OVER FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. FORTUNATELY...MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT LOW LEVEL FLOW VECTORS EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST OR EAST...WHICH CLIMATOLOGICALLY DOES NOT PROMOTE A GREAT DEAL OF HEAT. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS UP IN THE ARKLAMISS DELTA COULD STILL HOLD ONTO HIGHS AT LEAST IN THE MID 90S. IF THIS STAGNANT RIDGE DOES NOT BREAK LATER NEXT WEEK WE COULD BE LOOKING AT A PROLONGED STRETCH OF BELOW AVERAGE RAINFALL AND A POSSIBLE LATE-SEASON HEAT WAVE. HOWEVER...IT IS TOO EARLY TO HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE WHETHER OR NOT THIS EVOLUTION WILL COME TO PASS...SO STAY TUNED. /BB/ && .AVIATION...VFR CONDS TO PREVAIL THRU THE AFTN AND INTO THIS EVENING XCPT INVOF SHRA/TSRA. SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WL PERSIST THRU THE AFTN...DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING LEAVING GENERALLY QUIET CONDS OVRNGT. IFR CIG WL LIKELY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING FOR MOST SITES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND S OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE. VFR CONDS TO RETURN AFTER 15-16Z. /BK/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 93 70 94 / 30 30 16 26 MERIDIAN 70 92 69 93 / 39 38 24 29 VICKSBURG 69 94 69 94 / 24 25 16 22 HATTIESBURG 71 93 72 94 / 29 41 19 35 NATCHEZ 70 92 71 93 / 27 38 16 30 GREENVILLE 70 94 70 95 / 20 17 13 14 GREENWOOD 70 94 70 95 / 29 21 18 17 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 2:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 226 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 221930- 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- 226 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. BK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 1:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Aug 21, 1:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
MSZ043-211845-
MADISON MS-
114 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
114 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED OVER SHARON AT 115 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3259 8979 3258 8983 3259 8984 3256 8987
3254 8999 3273 9007 3275 9004 3280 9002
3284 8983 3259 8978
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 166DEG 7KT 3265 8991
BKSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 1:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
MSZ044-211910- LEAKE MS- 138 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 138 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENFROE AT 138 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL LEAKE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3273 8939 3275 8960 3293 8960 3293 8934 TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 186DEG 6KT 3283 8948 BK
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
LAZ015-212135-
RICHLAND LA-
405 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
405 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY RIDGE AT 404 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND PARISH SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3257 9174 3261 9172 3261 9167 3266 9164
3267 9161 3266 9160 3258 9159 3258 9152
3245 9151 3242 9172 3256 9177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 171DEG 3KT 3253 9164
MRMSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MSZ060-212225-
ADAMS MS-
455 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF CRANFIELD AT 455 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10
MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3155 9143 3157 9140 3159 9141 3168 9135
3166 9126 3165 9127 3163 9123 3163 9116
3158 9115 3146 9118 3149 9147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 100DEG 7KT 3156 9127
MRMSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
MSZ025>027-212300- LEFLORE MS-GRENADA MS-CARROLL MS- 531 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 531 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2013 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER AVALON AT 531 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN CARROLL...SOUTHWESTERN GRENADA AND EAST CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3362 9026 3373 9011 3368 9003 3355 9015 TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 136DEG 6KT 3364 9012 MRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 114 min |
| Aug 21, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Richland | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.