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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2013, 4:13 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 1, 2013, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 1, 4:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 400 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...OVERALL THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS LOWERED THIS AFTERNOON. REGIONAL RADARS HAVE THE LEADING EDGE OF A WEAKENING BAND OF STORMS ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SPREADING EAST AND SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WHICH SHOULD STALL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY OUR WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT INSTABILITY WILL WAIN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. SHEAR IS WEAKER THE FARTHER SOUTH IN OUR CWA. THE UPDATED LOCAL WET MICROBURST CHECKLIST FROM THE 18Z JAN SOUNDING SHOWED LOWER POTENTIAL THAN THIS MORNING AND LESS LOW LEVEL FLOW. SO FOR TONIGHT...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS A SHORTWAVE SWINGING EAST OVER THE OZARKS IN THE BASE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR CWA TONIGHT AND SUPPORT A COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL ENTER OUR NW MOST ZONES BY MIDNIGHT AND BE NEAR THE NATCHEZ TRACE BY SUNRISE AND EXIT OUR SE ZONES SUNDAY EVENING. ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE AREA ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR WILL BE STABILIZED BY THE EARLIER CONVECTION ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND OVERALL INSTABILITY WILL BE DECREASED BY THE TIME THE FRONT ARRIVES. THE AREA THAT WILL SEE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE OUR NE LOUISIANA PARISHES INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BY AFTERNOON AND THAT AREA SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE. WIND AND HAIL WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREATS. A DRIER AIRMASS AND SURFACE RIDGING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE OVER OUR CWA MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THIS SHOULD KNOCK MORNING LOWS BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S AT MOST LOCATIONS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY BUT STILL IN THE 80S. /22/ .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY...GFS/ECMWF IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON PATTERN IN MEDIUM RANGE. QUIETER WEATHER IN STORE FOR EARLY TO MID PART OF NEXT WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS PW VALUES FALL TO WELL BELOW 1 INCH BY EARLY TUESDAY. WEAK MOISTURE RETURN LOOKS TO RESUME SOMETIME DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. HOW QUICKLY THIS HAPPENS WILL LIKELY BE TIED TO HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT OCCURS WITH A WARM CORE SYSTEM MODELS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BRING OUT OF A FESTERING AREA OF CONVECTION OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. A STRONGER LOW ON THE CURRENTLY FORECAST TRACK TOWARD THE FL PENINSULA WOULD LIKELY TO DEEPER/STRONGER NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS OUR AREA...RESULTING IN A SLOWER RETURN IN MOISTURE AND PRECIP CHANCES. OBVIOUSLY A WEAKER LOW SHOULD HAVE THE OPPOSITE IMPACT. FOR NOW WILL ACCEPT GRADUAL RETURN/INCREASE OF POPS TO THE REGION THU THROUGH SAT. WITH WNW FLOW ALOFT COULD SEE SOME MORE ORGANIZED MCS ACTIVITY TRY TO PUSH OUR WAY AT TIMES...AND BECAUSE OF THIS WILL NOT COMPLETELY LIMIT PRECIP CHANCES TO AFTERNOON/EVENING. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOKED REASONABLE AND WERE ACCEPTED. AS MOISTURE GRADUALLY INCREASES MINIMUM TEMPS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FROM LOWEST READINGS AROUND 60 TUE MORNING. MAXES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 85 TO 90 THROUGH THE PERIOD. /AEG/ && .AVIATION...LINE OF +TSRA AND GUSTY WINDS PUSHING THROUGH HWY-82 CORRIDOR HAS IMPACTED KGLH/KGWO OVER PAST HOUR WITH IFR CONDS AS VIS DROPS TO 1SM AT TIMES IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WINDS HAVE ALSO GUSTED TO 35 KT FROM THE NW WITH THIS COMPLEX. THE COMPLEX WILL IMPACT KGTR 2045-2145Z WITH SIMILAR IFR CONDS. THIS COMPLEX WL STAY NORTH OF CNTRL TAF SITES BUT SCATTERED AIRMASS SHRA/TSRA ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION WITH SITES GENERALLY VFR. AIRMASS TSRA WILL DIMINISH THROUGH 02/02Z BUT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND ALLOW FOR MORE SHRA/TSRA TO DEVELOP. HAVE PLACED VCTS/SH DUE TO LOW TIMING CONFIDENCE. MVFR/IFR CONDS RETURN OVRNGT AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH ON SUNDAY. /ALLEN/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 71 85 64 84 / 64 59 17 5 MERIDIAN 71 86 64 86 / 54 60 34 8 VICKSBURG 71 84 61 85 / 82 28 12 4 HATTIESBURG 72 89 68 88 / 29 60 29 11 NATCHEZ 72 84 63 85 / 39 43 14 3 GREENVILLE 70 82 61 82 / 82 19 9 4 GREENWOOD 70 83 60 82 / 84 27 13 4 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 22/AEG/ALLEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 239 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040>042-047-021945- MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- WARREN- 239 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF WEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. A TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IN THIS AREA BUT THE TORNADO RISK IS LOW. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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...MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>037-021945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL- MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON- HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA- 239 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ORIENTED ALONG AN A LINE MOVING THROUGH THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS WELL AS SOME SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE ANTICIPATED WITH STRONG STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL WANE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. MSZ038-039-043>046-048>066-072>074-021945- 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- 239 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL...EAST AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION INTO AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE CORRIDOR. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS COULD CONTAIN WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. MANY STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STORMS WILL SHIFT WEST TO EAST WITH THE FRONT AND MOVE OUT OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY 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...MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. ALLEN
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:41 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MSZ058-012110-
CLARKE MS-
341 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
341 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANDALL
AT 341PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3199 8846 3189 8847 3185 8863 3183 8879
3185 8882 3211 8858 3200 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 222DEG 15KT 3186 8867
BYBSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 4:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ030-031-012145-
LOWNDES MS-CLAY MS-
413 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
413 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013
...A LINE OF GUSTY STORMS MOVING THROUGH COLUMBUS AREA...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 45 MPH WIND
GUSTS WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALEDONIA TO 10 MILES
WEST OF CRAWFORD AT 413 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES ARE 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 SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND LOWNDES COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE
STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3329 8830 3329 8867 3349 8866 3367 8847
3367 8843 3370 8840 3369 8837 3375 8832
3375 8825 3374 8824 3368 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 285DEG 24KT 3376 8824 3327 8877
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 39 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.