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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 3, 2014Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2014, 12:53 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
Aug 3, 2014, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2014, 1:20 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Hinds County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Aug 3, 10:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 10:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ048-031820-
HINDS MS-
1253 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1253 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAYMOND AT
1253 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3217 9038 3217 9059 3231 9056 3230 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 013DEG 4KT 3223 9046

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston29 min
Aug 3, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren30 min
Aug 3, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena30 min
Aug 3, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery30 min
Aug 3, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster30 min
Aug 3, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster41 min
Aug 3, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes31 min
Aug 3, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith32 min
Aug 3, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis32 min
Aug 3, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery30 min
Aug 3, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay33 min
Aug 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha48 min
Aug 3, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith29 min
Aug 3, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones, Smith46 min
Aug 3, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery28 min
Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith30 min
Aug 3, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMarion29 min
Aug 3, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones28 min
Aug 3, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.