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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

April 4, 2014Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2014, 1:07 AM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 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
Apr 4, 2014, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2014, 1:35 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2253 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

790 
WWUS84 KJAN 040607
SPSJAN
ARZ074-075-040635-
ASHLEY AR-CHICOT AR-
107 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
107 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD MILO TO 33 MILES WEST OF
WEST CROSSETT AT 107 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3321 9209 3323 9210 3331 9201 3331 9198
      3335 9200 3337 9197 3339 9200 3341 9199
      3340 9155 3338 9146 3301 9144 3300 9199
      3301 9207 3304 9212 3308 9214 3315 9211
      3319 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 284DEG 32KT 3343 9211 3321 9229
          3304 9254

$$

JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar55 min
Apr 4, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington44 min
Apr 4, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower55 min
Apr 4, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower43 min
Apr 4, 2:29 AM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower61 min
Apr 4, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore55 min
Apr 4, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery51 min
Apr 4, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena43 min
Apr 4, 3:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Leflore27 min
Apr 4, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington30 min
Apr 4, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster47 min
Apr 4, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery68 min
Apr 4, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena, Yazoo31 min
Apr 4, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay55 min
Apr 4, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha58 min
Apr 4, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes49 min
Apr 4, 5:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba, Noxubee, Winston39 min
Apr 4, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne, Hinds32 min
Apr 4, 5:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren31 min
Apr 4, 6:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams32 min
Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jones27 min
Apr 4, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJones116 min
Apr 4, 10:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar, Marion48 min
Apr 4, 10:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence22 days
Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar47 min
Apr 4, 11:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes17 days
Apr 4, 11:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Yazoo22 days
Apr 4, 11:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren26 days
Apr 4, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse53 min
Apr 4, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland29 min
Apr 4, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Richland57 min
Apr 4, 4:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRichland114 min
Apr 4, 5:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCatahoula29 min
Apr 4, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley56 min

Nearby

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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.