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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Jackson, MS

August 10, 2014Carroll County, Grenada County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT for Carroll County, Grenada County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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 10, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2014-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2014-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 10, 10:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 10:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:17 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MSZ025-027-101945-
LEFLORE MS-CARROLL MS-
217 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
217 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 2014

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED OVER TEOC AT 217 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS 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 NORTHWESTERN CARROLL AND EAST CENTRAL LEFLORE COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3368 9013 3368 8994 3364 8981 3343 8991
      3356 9020 3368 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 293DEG 15KT 3360 9006

MRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll28 min
Aug 10, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln39 min
Aug 10, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes38 min
Aug 10, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington38 min
Aug 10, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar44 min
Aug 10, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren46 min
Aug 10, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln43 min
Aug 10, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington46 min
Aug 10, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence45 min
Aug 10, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala38 min
Aug 10, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington49 min
Aug 10, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne43 min
Aug 10, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne26 min
Aug 10, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena31 min
Aug 10, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams44 min
Aug 10, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore48 min
Aug 10, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey44 min
Aug 10, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington48 min
Aug 10, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston46 min
Aug 10, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin31 min
Aug 10, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore39 min
Aug 10, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower30 min
Aug 10, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo39 min
Aug 10, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Yazoo49 min
Aug 10, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin29 min
Aug 10, 5:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey and 2 more2 hr
Aug 10, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo44 min
Aug 10, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah32 min
Aug 10, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams, Franklin31 min
Aug 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo51 min
Aug 10, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake30 min
Aug 10, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston28 min
Aug 10, 6:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Franklin114 min
Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott45 min
Aug 10, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin, Scott42 min
Aug 10, 6:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Yazoo2 hr
Aug 10, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale31 min
Aug 9, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse45 min
Aug 9, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse44 min
Aug 9, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse46 min
Aug 10, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin32 min
Aug 10, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison39 min
Aug 10, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse43 min
Aug 10, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANTensas46 min
Aug 10, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland28 min
Aug 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley52 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.