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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Mar 16, 2014, 4:49 AM CDT for Clarke 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2014, 4:49 AM CDT (09:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 5:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Clarke County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Mar 15, 9:54 PM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 9:54 PM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 2:36 PM CDT, 14 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 236 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>042-044>046-161945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- 236 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FLOODING RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .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 IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. LAZ015-016-023-024-MSZ047-051-052-057-058-066-073-074-161945- RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-WARREN-NEWTON- LAUDERDALE-JASPER-CLARKE-JONES-LAMAR-FORREST- 236 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY TORNADOES RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT FLOODING RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 7 AM. DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME FLOODING. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TONIGHT. MSZ043-161945- MADISON MS- 236 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FLOODING RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...LIMITED TIMING...SUNDAY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING THE RISK FOR QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM. .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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION SUNDAY. LAZ025-026-MSZ048>050-053>056-059>065-072-161945- TENSAS-CONCORDIA-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON- SMITH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-MARION- 236 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY TORNADOES RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT FLOODING RISK...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 7 AM. DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME FLOODING. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING THE RISK FOR QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 AND 5 PM. .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 FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. CME && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *FLOODING* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. HIGH...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN FLOODING. LIMITED...FLOODING POSSIBLE. *TORNADOES* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN STRONG TORNADOES WITH RATINGS EF2 OR GREATER. HIGH...STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE WITH RATINGS EF2 OR GREATER. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN TORNADOES. LIMITED...TORNADOES POSSIBLE. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. HIGH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. LIMITED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. ...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 FLOODING ISSUES... LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER RFC HOME PAGE... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LMRFC/ NWS SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOOD OUTLOOK... WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/NATIONALFLOODOUTLOOK/INDEX.HTML WPC DAY 1 THROUGH 3 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL... WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/EXCESS_RAIN.SHTML WPC EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION... WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DISCUSSIONS/QPFERD.HTML WPC DAY 1 THROUGH 7 QPF... WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/QPF2.SHTML WPC QPF DISCUSSION... WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/DISCUSSIONS/QPFHSD.HTML NWS JAN OBSERVED PRECIPITATION IMAGES... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=PRECIPMAPS ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES... STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/ SPC...MESO ANALYSIS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/EXPER/MESOANALYSIS/NEW/# SPC...DAY 1 THROUGH 3 OUTLOOKS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/OUTLOOK/ SPC...STORM REPORTS... WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/ NWS JAN CURRENT SVR/TOR WATCHES... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RTIMAGES/JAN/WATCH/TOASVA.PNG PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 4:16 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
MSZ057-058-066-160945-
JONES MS-JASPER MS-CLARKE MS-
416 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
416 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAULDING TO 3 MILES WEST
OF LAUREL AT 417 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PEOPLE IN CLARKE...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND NORTHEASTERN JONES
COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3193 8846 3188 8849 3183 8874 3182 8894
3173 8894 3166 8923 3179 8920 3204 8917
3222 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 253DEG 39KT 3198 8907 3182 8909
3171 8916
JASpecial weather statement, Mar 16, 4:29 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
MSZ064-065-072>074-161000-
MARION MS-LAMAR MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-FORREST MS-COVINGTON MS-
429 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
429 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES EAST OF BUNKER HILL TO 20 MILES WEST
OF PICKWICK AT 430 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FORREST...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...WESTERN LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3100 8983 3101 8984 3107 8985 3107 8992
3112 8995 3113 9000 3122 8997 3144 8976
3147 8940 3100 8961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 246DEG 40KT 3141 8972 3126 8985
3103 9013
JASpecial weather statement, Mar 16, 4:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ058-161020-
CLARKE MS-
449 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
449 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS
CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3193 8846 3189 8847 3189 8848 3185 8863
3183 8875 3203 8867 3205 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 264DEG 42KT 3196 8860 3178 8870
JAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 4:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 5:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 35 min |
| Mar 16, 5:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 23 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.