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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 30, 2014Attala County, Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT for Attala County, Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Attala County, MS, Leake County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2014-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1027 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 2014-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1027 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 30, 10:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 10:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1004 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

.UPDATE...OTHER THAN MOVING UP THE ONSET OF WIDESPREAD RAIN...MADE NO
OTHER CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST. CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING
WIDESPREAD WARM TROPICAL RAINS SPREADING NORTH ACROSS NE LA/SW MS.
VERY LITTLE LIGHTNING WITH THIS AREA...PW/S NEAR 2.4 INCHES AND WET
BULB ZERO HEIGHTS AROUND 15KFT SUGGEST THAT THESE PROCESSES WILL
CONTINUE WITH HIGH PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY AND UNDERESTIMATED RADAR
AMOUNTS.

KJAN 12 UA DATA SHOWING LAYER OF 30-40KNOT WIND FLOW BETWEEN
5 AND 20KFT. LATEST HRRR DATA IS IN AGREEMENT WITH OVERNIGHT
FORECASTERS ASSESSMENT OF A WIND THREAT TODAY IN ITS ILLUSTRATION OF
SHORT BOWING SEGMENTS IN THE FORECAST REFLECTIVITY...AS WELL
AS...FORECAST WIND GUSTS OF 30-50 KNOTS WITH THE MORE ROBUST
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON./26/

&&

.AVIATION...RAIN WILL BE A MORE HIT OR MISS FOR THE EASTERN AREAS
THROUGH TONIGHT. CLOUDS WERE DISSIPATING FOR HBG...GTR AND MEI. AT
THIS TIME...EXPECTING SCT-BKN CLOUDS WITH CEILINGS ABOUT 3000FT.
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AFTER 18Z...SO INTERMITTENT LOW CLOUDS AND
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. MAY ADD SOME TEMPO GROUPS FOR RAIN
THROUGH 3Z. GLH WILL LIKELY HAVE RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH
SOME SHORT BREAKS. EXPECTING RAIN AND/OR FOG TO MAINTAIN MVFR
CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING LOW CLOUDS AND HEAVY RAIN MAY BRIEFLY LEAD TO
LIFR...MAYBE IFR CONDITIONS. GWO...HKS...JAN WILL SEE MORE
WIDESPREAD RAIN AFTER 18Z. WILL CONTINUE WITH VCTS...ESPECIALLY FOR
JAN/HKS BY LATE AFTERNOON. MVFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS. WILL ADD PATCHY FOG AND
STRATUS TO ALL SITES FROM 9-12Z. /7/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014/

SHORT TERM...ACTIVE WEATHER DAY ON TAP AS HIGHLY MOIST AIRMASS WILL
FUEL SHRA/TSRA TODAY AS A DISTURBANCE LIFTS NORTHWARD OUT OF THE
NORTHER GULF AND S-CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LA. RECENT DAYS WE HAVE BEEN
ADVERTISING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. THIS RISK STILL EXISTS AS EFFICIENT
RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL MAKE THE MOST OF
THE 2.2-2.4 IN PW AIRMASS. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL THREAT FOR GUSTY
AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS EXISTS AS WELL. THE REASON FOR THIS NEW
THREAT RESIDES IN THE INCREASED FLOW BETWEEN THE 2-12 KFT LAYER.
NEARLY ALL GUIDANCE INDICATES THIS LAYER WILL CONTAIN 30-40 KTS OF
FLOW. WHILE HEATING TODAY WILL BE LIMITED AND THE THERMODYNAMIC
PROFILE WILL BE QUITE TAME...MID/UPPER 80S DEGREE TEMPS WILL SUPPORT
SBCAPE NEAR 2000 J/KG AND THIS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH ENERGY TO
SUPPORT DEEP CONVECTION (ESP WITH THE DISTURBANCE PROVIDING STRONG
FORCING). FURTHERMORE...ORGANIZING CONVECTION WILL BE ABLE TO
UTILIZE THE INCREASED FLOW TO ORGANIZE COLD POOLS. IF ANY COLD POOL
ORGANIZES IN A FASHION WHERE IT MOVES IN TANDEM WITH THE FLOW BELOW
12KFT (WHICH LOOKS TO BE IN A NNE DIRECTION) BOWING SEGMENTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AND LIKELY EFFICIENTLY BRING DOWN THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. IN
TURN...THIS WILL INCREASE THE WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL. IT IS ALSO WORTH
NOTING THAT THE INCREASED FLOW WILL ALSO INCREASE THE LOW LEVEL
HELICITY TO VALUES THAT COULD SUPPORT A BRIEF TORNADO. WHILE THIS IS
NOT A PRIMARY THREAT...IT CAN'T BE RULED OUT. DUE TO ADDED
RISKS...WILL INTRODUCE A LIMITED SVR RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS. AS FOR
A LOCATION...MOST OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A RISK...THE EXCEPTIONS LOOK
TO THE BE THE FAR SW AND THE I-59 CORRIDOR. BEST TIMING WOULD BE FROM
11AM TO 5PM. THE HWO/GRAPHICS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE TIMING AND THREAT
AREA.

AS FOR OTHER FORECAST ELEMENTS (POPS AND WEATHER)...GUIDANCE POPS
WERE HIGHER FROM THE PREV RUNS AND I FOLLOWED THOSE HIGH VALUES AND
INCREASED SOME LOCATIONS TO STAY IN LINE WITH PREV FORECASTS. THE
MAIN TIMING FOR THIS ACTIVITY WAS ADJUSTED...THE SW LOOKS TO BE THE
AREA THAT GETS IT FIRST AND EARLIEST WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
SOMETIME BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON. FOR THIS
EVE/OVERNIGHT...MUCH MORE OF TRICKY FORECAST EXISTS FOR TONIGHT. IT
SEEMS LIKE THERE WILL BE A LULL PERIOD FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO MOST
OF THE EVE...THEN ACTIVITY COULD PICK UP AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE NW/N
AREAS. THE S HALF LOOKS TO SEE LESS ACTIVITY THAN PREV EXPECTED AS
DRIER AIR MOVES NORTHWARD IN THE WAKE OF THE MAIN S/WV.

SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE LESS ACTIVE AS WELL THANKS TO THE DRIER AIR
MOVING UP FROM THE S/SE AROUND THE EVOLVING RIDGE. STILL...ENOUGH
MOISTURE WILL EXIST FOR SOME ISO/SCT ACTIVITY. THE GFS WAS REALLY LOW
WITH POPS AND I USED A BLEND OF THE GFS/EURO FOR THE POP FORECAST.
WITH LESS PRECIP AROUND...LOOK FOR WARMER TEMPS (90-95). /CME/

LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY

NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND
TYPICAL 20-30% AFTERNOON CHANCES OF SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH MOST OF
THE WEEK AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SE/CENTRAL CONUS.

THE CURRENT SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR ELEVATED RAIN CHANCES THIS
WEEKEND WILL PULL OFF TO THE NE BY LABOR DAY AND A SUBTROPICAL H7-H5
RIDGE LOOKS TO BUILD IN FROM THE ATLANTIC WHILE THE NRN STREAM FLOW
BECOMES MOSTLY ZONAL. DESPITE LOW-LVL HIGH PRESSURE AXIS AND SLOWLY
BUILDING HEIGHT INFLUENCE OVER REGION MOST OF THE WEEK, PWATS WILL
REMAIN ELEVATED /NEAR 2"/ AND COMBINED WITH DAILY AFTERNOON
INSTABILITY /2000 J/KG+/, ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS WILL BE
LIKELY. OVERALL COVERAGE WONT BE GREAT BUT FEEL BEST COVERAGE WILL
BE IN S/SE/E WHERE SEA-BREEZE CONVERGENCE AND HIGHEST PWATS WILL
EXIST. HEAT INDICES MONDAY AND TUESDAY SHOULD REACH INTO THE LOW
100S FOR A FEW HOURS WITH LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 70S
THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.

ON TUESDAY, A SLIGHTLY STRONGER S/WV TROUGH ACROSS THE CORN BELT
WILL ATTEMPT TO BRING A BOUNDARY SOUTH TOWARDS THE REGION BUT FEEL
IT STAY NORTH AND THUS KEPT POPS/SHOWERS OUT OF FORECAST FOR
NORTHERN AREAS. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, RIDGING WILL REMAIN
OVER AREA AND STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY BUT SEA-BREEZE INITIATED AND
DIURNAL ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD POSSIBILITY EACH DAY.
BY SATURDAY, THE RIDGING SLIPS FARTHER WEST AND PLACES REGION IN
SLIGHTLY GREATER N/NE FLOW THAT COULD ENHANCE SHOWER COVERAGE
POSSIBILITIES.  /ALLEN/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       88  73  93  74 /  87  37  22   7
MERIDIAN      90  72  93  72 /  71  27  19   7
VICKSBURG     85  73  92  72 /  96  40  25   7
HATTIESBURG   91  75  96  74 /  74  19  12  13
NATCHEZ       85  73  92  74 /  92  30  18  12
GREENVILLE    84  73  91  73 /  98  60  39   6
GREENWOOD     86  74  92  73 /  96  58  39   6

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 2:16 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
216 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>051-053>056-
059>065-072-311930-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-
JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-
COVINGTON-MARION-
216 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...REMAINDER OF TODAY

FLOODING
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...REMAINDER OF TODAY

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

ADDITIONALLY...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH TOTALS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 4
INCHES WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY 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 THE REST
OF TODAY.

MSZ052-057-058-066-073-074-311930-
LAUDERDALE-JASPER-CLARKE-JONES-LAMAR-FORREST-
216 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY 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.

26

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*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.

*FLOODING*
EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
HIGH...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE.
ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN FLOODING.
LIMITED...FLOODING POSSIBLE.

...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
NWS JAN TROPICAL PAGE...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=TROPICAL
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HOME PAGE...
   WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/
FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK...
   WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSJACKSONMS
FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER...
   @NWSJACKSONMS

...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

...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

   PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!

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Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MSZ043-048>050-301905-
SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
119 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
119 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF DRY GROVE TO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JOHNS AT 119 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AREA...
BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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 EASTERN HINDS...SOUTHERN MADISON...RANKIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3222 8958 3222 8973 3204 8973 3205 9017
      3211 9059 3265 9028 3254 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 205DEG 23KT 3218 9043 3210 8976
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:36 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
MSZ052-058-301920-
LAUDERDALE MS-CLARKE MS-
136 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
136 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDDLETON AT 137 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH
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 NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3258 8869 3258 8839 3210 8846 3211 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 186DEG 13KT 3220 8859
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:53 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
LAZ009-016-MSZ040-047-048-301925-
WARREN MS-ISSAQUENA MS-HINDS MS-EAST CARROLL LA-MADISON LA-
153 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
153 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES WEST OF ALSATIA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEWMAN AT 154 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN HINDS...ISSAQUENA AND WARREN COUNTIES...AND
NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND SOUTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISHES SHOULD
MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3290 9111 3281 9096 3266 9096 3266 9073
      3264 9069 3262 9072 3259 9066 3255 9065
      3255 9059 3251 9055 3253 9050 3243 9034
      3205 9063 3212 9073 3222 9073 3218 9079
      3216 9077 3258 9140
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 218DEG 24KT 3260 9124 3219 9064
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:59 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
MSZ043>045-049>051-301930-
SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-NEWTON MS-NESHOBA MS-MADISON MS-LEAKE MS-
159 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
159 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF SHARON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
CONEHATTA AT 159 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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 LEAKE...EASTERN MADISON...NESHOBA...WESTERN NEWTON...
NORTHEASTERN RANKIN AND SCOTT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3223 8930 3256 9012 3288 8992 3289 8973
      3292 8973 3292 8892 3283 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 210DEG 37KT 3261 8996 3230 8930
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ036>038-043>045-302000-
ATTALA MS-WINSTON MS-NESHOBA MS-MADISON MS-LEAKE MS-HOLMES MS-
230 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM PICKENS TO TUSCOLA AT 230 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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 SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES...LEAKE...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...
NORTHWESTERN NESHOBA...SOUTHWESTERN WINSTON AND ATTALA COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3257 8941 3258 8969 3261 8973 3263 8973
      3262 8975 3280 9002 3288 8996 3291 9006
      3323 8977 3322 8975 3329 8970 3329 8956
      3314 8931 3311 8931 3311 8927 3298 8906
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 221DEG 24KT 3288 8995 3259 8952

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence and 1 more61 min
Aug 30, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith58 min
Aug 30, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds, Rankin, Scott46 min
Aug 30, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale44 min
Aug 30, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds, Issaquena, Warren32 min
Aug 30, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake, Madison, Neshoba, Scott31 min
Aug 30, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba62 min
Aug 30, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee38 min
Aug 30, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes55 min
Aug 30, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery29 min
Aug 30, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery44 min
Aug 30, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster41 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.