Alert archive / Mississippi / Hard Freeze Warnings in 2014
Hard Freeze Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 23, 2014, 4:17 AM CST for 8 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 23, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 40 hr. 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 23, 2014, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2014, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
Counties Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hard freeze 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 hard freeze warning went out at Jan 22, 8:57 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 8:57 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 3:04 PM CST, 13 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 304 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 232115- 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- 304 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FIRE WEATHER RISK...ELEVATED TIMING...THURSDAY CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS COMBINING WITH GUSTY WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1 CONVERT URL TO LOWERCASE!) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PLEASE SEE HARD FREEZE WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 DEGREES FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. .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. 15 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *FIRE WEATHER* EXTREME...VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH LIMITED TO MODERATE HUMIDITY. FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND SPOT FIRES ARE COMMON. FIRE CONTROL IS VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO STRONG WINDS. HIGH...OPEN BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED. HIGH WINDS AND EXTREME DRY PERIODS LEAD TO EXTREME BURNING CONDITIONS. OPEN FIRES CAN QUICKLY ESCAPE AND ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED FIREFIGHTERS. CONDITIONS CAN MEET MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR RED FLAG WARNINGS IN MOST CASES. ELEVATED...ANY OPEN BURNING IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO INCREASED WIND AND LOWER HUMIDITY, EXCEPT BY EXPERIENCED FIRE PERSONNEL. INCREASING WINDS AND LOWER HUMIDITY CONTRIBUTE TO DRYING FUELS. FIRES ESCAPE CONTROL MORE EASILY AND CONTAINMENT IS DIFFICULT FOR INEXPERIENCED FIRE PERSONNEL. APPROACHING RED FLAG CONDITIONS. LIMITED...OPEN BURNING IS USUALLY SAFE WITH PROPER CONTAINERS AND PRECAUTIONS UNDER LIMITED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. ...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)... NWS JAN HOME PAGE... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=SAFE FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.JACKSONMS.GOV FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER... @NWSJACKSONMS ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR FIRE WEATHER ISSUES... NWS JAN FIRE WEATHER PAGE... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=FIRE_WEATHER MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION... WWW.MFC.MS.GOV/ SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/FIRE_WX/ NWS FIRE WEATHER PAGE... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RIDGE2/FIRE/ PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 4:40 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
Hard Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2014Every hard freeze warning in 2014
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.