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Excessive Heat Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS

August 8, 201547 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 8, 2015, 4:57 AM CDT for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 62 hr. 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 8, 2015, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

All 58 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 7, 9:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 2:40 PM CDT, 14 hours 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	35 min
Aug 8, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	27 min
Aug 8, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	37 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	50 min
Aug 8, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	33 min
Aug 8, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Warren	54 min
Aug 8, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	33 min
Aug 8, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	44 min
Aug 8, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	51 min
Aug 8, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	39 min
Aug 8, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	18 min
Aug 8, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	43 min
Aug 8, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll	24 min
Aug 8, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	35 min
Aug 8, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll	36 min
Aug 8, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll	34 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2015 Excessive Heat Warnings in Louisiana, 2015 Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2015 Every excessive heat warning in 2015

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.