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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 1:29 PM CDT for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 8, 2014, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Noxubee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
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 Jun 8, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1050 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 .UPDATE... POPS WERE ELEVATED IN THE NEAR TERM FOR OUTFLOW SUPPORTED STORMS IN DELTA REGION ALONG WITH HOURLY ELEMENT ADJUSTMENTS FROM SAID OUTFLOW. KEPT HWO/GRAPHICS INTACT GIVEN LATEST ANALYSIS BUT SEE DISCUSSION BELOW FOR MORE DETAIL. .DISCUSSION... OVERNIGHT MCS COMPLEXES THAT DEVELOPED IN OK/TX/AR AND A SEPARATE ONE IN TN HAVE PLACED SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 AND DELTA AREAS WITH ANOTHER ONE IN THE ARKLATEX. THESE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SHOULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTN BEFORE A POSSIBLE/LIKELY MORE ORGANIZED SYSTEM DEVELOPS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING NORTH OF I-20. VISIBLE SATELLITE/SFC OBS SHOW OUTFLOW IN DELTA MOVING SE INTERSECTING WITH ANOTHER EAST TO WEST ORIENTED BOUNDARY ALONG 82 CORRIDOR. MODIFIED 12Z KJAN SOUNDINGS INDICATE 3000-4000 J/KG SBCAPE WITH SUPPORTIVE VERTICAL TOTALS /27 C/ WITH 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR OF 35-40 KT. BEST COMBO OF PARAMETERS IN RELATION TO OUTFLOW POSITIONS WILL FAVOR STRONG/SEVERE STORMS IN THE NW 2/3RD OF REGION WITH FAR SE MS CLOSER TO LOW-RIDGE CENTER. INITIALLY TOYED WITH THE THE IDEA OS SHIFTING AREA NORTHWARD BUT GIVEN UNCERTAINTY OF BOUNDARY INTERACTION, HAVE LEFT CURRENT HWO/GRAPHICS INTACT. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK AS LOW-LVL HELICITY VALUES WILL BE <50 M2/S2. A MORE ORGANIZED BROKEN TO LINEAR COMPLEX LOOKS PROBABLE TO DEVELOP IN TANDEM WITH A STRONGER S/WV IMPULSE PASSAGE WITH INCREASED LOW-LVL SHEAR AND LOCALIZED H7-H5 WIND FLOW CONTRIBUTING TO THE RISK OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS LATE TONIGHT INTO THE OVERNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 WHERE GREATER CONFIDENCE LIES IN THE DELTA REGION PER 00Z/08 SSEO OUTPUT. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ROUND. OVERALL RISK WILL DIMINISH BY MONDAY MORNING AS IMPULSE SHIFT NORTH OF REGION. /ALLEN/ && .AVIATION...A FEW SITES THIS MORNING STILL SEEING MVFR CEILINGS BUT THESE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIFT THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON. SOME VCTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 17Z AS AFTERNOON STORMS SEEM POSSIBLE YET AGAIN WHICH COULD BRING BRIEF MVFR CEILINGS/VIS RESTRICTIONS. A COMPLEX OF STORMS LOOKS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHERN TAF SITES. /28/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 337 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST MS ALONG A KMEM/KGTR LINE WITH ISOLATED CELLS STILL PERIODICALLY TRYING TO DEVELOP ALONG IT. MEANWHILE...OLD PERSISTENT QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS N TX/SE OK/N AR. INFLUENCE OF MID LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE GULF IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY A MEMORY THIS MORNING AS SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN ZONAL FLOW REGIME CONTINUE TO EFFECTIVELY EAT AWAY AT ITS NORTHERN EDGE. THIS PROCESS HAS FINALLY PUT THE FORECAST AREA FIRMLY INTO THIS FLOW REGIME AND IN A POSITION TO BE MORE EASILY IMPACTED BY UPSTREAM ENERGY. SHORT TERM MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THIS MORNING THAT EXITING SURFACE LOW OVER THE OH VALLEY WILL GIVE THE OLD BOUNDARY A PUSH SOUTH TODAY. ITS INTERACTION WITH THE OLD OUTFLOW AND CAPES FROM 3000-4000 J/KG WILL EASILY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AS WELL AS INCREASED FLOW HAS ALLOWED FOR 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES FROM 35-40 KNOTS TO BE COINCIDENT WITH VERTICAL TOTALS NEAR 30. BOUNDARY LOOKS TO TURN AROUND AND JUMP BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT. NOT IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED ABOUT MCS DEVELOPMENT OVER N MS TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW DOES NOT SEEM TO GET STRONG ENOUGH. HOWEVER...IT DOES LOOK FAVORABLE OVER AR AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THIS COULD EASILY SPILL INTO THE DELTA REGION PRIOR TO DAWN MONDAY. THESE STORMS COULD STILL POSE A PROBLEM AS DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR WILL REMAIN 35-40 KNOTS ALIGNED WITH THE BOUNDARY. EMPHASIS WILL BRIEFLY SHIFT TO THE WEST ON MONDAY. WHILE DO EXPECT CONVECTION DURING THE DAY MONDAY...BEST SHEAR AND LAPSE RATES WILL EXIST OVER AR/LA AS A POTENT MID LEVEL COLD CORE LOW DIGS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A RATHER POTENT SQUALL LINE LOOKS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT IN AR AND APPROACH THE ARK-LA-MISS DELTA REGION PRIOR TO DAWN. WHILE STRONG WINDS SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE LINE...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE PROBABLE GIVEN DECENT AMBIENT LAPSE RATES AND SHEAR./26/ LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...THIS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...HOWEVER MORE SO TO BEGIN THE PERIOD. MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WILL APPROACH AND SWING EAST THROUGH THE CWA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK COLD FRONT SERVING AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION COULD MAKE A PUSH INTO FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA DURING THIS TIME. THIS FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH LATE IN THE WORK WEEK...AGAIN SERVING AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME STORMS...A COUPLE OF WHICH MAY COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS... SNEAKING INTO THE CWA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT FROM THE WEST. ALTHOUGH CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE WANING IN INTENSITY DUE TO OVERNIGHT MINIMUMS AND ASCENT DEPARTING...THIS POTENTIAL LOOKS GREATEST OVER MY NORTHWEST ZONES TUESDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN SLOWING AND WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN HANGING UP NORTH AND WEST OF THE CWA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. IT'LL BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAT PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...PARTICULARLY ACROSS MY WEST...COULD SEE SOME SEVERE STORMS. THIS WILL BE AS A RESULT OF THE FRONT SLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH DAYTIME HEATING IN THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION. THIS... COUPLED WITH ADEQUATE WIND SHEAR AND COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT... LOOKS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SEVERE STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH SEVERE STORMS DURING THIS TIME. I'LL INTRODUCE THIS POTENTIAL INTO THE HWO THIS MORNING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WITH ANY ACTIVITY. THE FRONT WILL STALL AND LIFT NORTH OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LOW EJECTS NORTH NORTHEAST AND THE TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN PUT THE CWA UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW IN ITS WAKE. WHILE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST EACH DAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING IN THIS CONTINUED VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN NORTHWEST FLOW WILL AGAIN YIELD COMPLEXES OF STORMS THAT'LL PASS MAINLY NORTH OF THE REGION IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THESE COULD BRUSH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THESE COMPLEXES WILL ALSO LIKELY LEAVE BEHIND SOME SUBSEQUENT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH COULD ALSO AFFECT AND/OR ENHANCE CONVECTION IN THE CWA DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 91 71 90 73 / 39 38 29 47 MERIDIAN 91 70 90 71 / 42 41 24 20 VICKSBURG 89 71 89 72 / 42 43 36 63 HATTIESBURG 94 72 91 72 / 30 30 20 20 NATCHEZ 89 72 88 72 / 29 31 24 42 GREENVILLE 88 71 89 71 / 52 70 50 63 GREENWOOD 88 70 89 73 / 47 67 41 51 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && ALLEN/28/26/19
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 1:23 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MSZ033-081735-
OKTIBBEHA MS-
1153 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1153 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER LONGVIEW AT 1154 AM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OKTIBBEHA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3336 8900 3353 8899 3354 8867 3350 8867
3332 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 271DEG 20KT 3344 8892
JCSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MSZ032-033-081805-
OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-
1223 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1223 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESTER AT 1223
PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3329 8895 3332 8941 3346 8939 3347 8937
3348 8933 3349 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 275DEG 18KT 3340 8929
JCSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 12:56 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
MSZ031-039-081835-
NOXUBEE MS-LOWNDES MS-
1256 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1256 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENT OAK AT
1257 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN LOWNDES AND NORTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3328 8830 3324 8831 3323 8869 3329 8868
3329 8867 3345 8867 3345 8866 3345 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 281DEG 19KT 3336 8847
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Oktibbeha | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Winston | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 59 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.