Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lowndes County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 3:32 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:32 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 2:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 251 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ034>037-040-041-302000- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- 251 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...THURSDAY ELEVATED HEAT STRESS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY, WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 106 TO 110 DEGREES POSSIBLE. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 TUESDAY. MSZ018-019-025>033-302000- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY- LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- 251 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...THURSDAY LIMITEDED HEAT STRESS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY, WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF UP TO AROUND 105 DEGREES POSSIBLE. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 TUESDAY. LAZ016-023>026-MSZ038-039-042>066-072>074-302000- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO- LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE- CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR- FORREST- 251 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...THURSDAY EXCESSIVE HEAT THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...THURSDAY ELEVATED HEAT STRESS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY, WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 106 TO 110 DEGREES POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1,2) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 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 THURSDAY. 21 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *EXCESSIVE HEAT* EXTREME...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES FOR 3 OR MORE DAYS IN A ROW AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 107 DEGREES. SIGNIFICANT...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 105 DEGREES. ELEVATED...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX 105 TO 110 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES GREATER THAN 103 DEGREES. LIMITED...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX NEAR 105 DEGREES AND/OR AIR TEMPERATURES 100 TO 103 DEGREES. *SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL. SIGNIFICANT...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 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 PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 119 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 MSZ039-046-291845- NOXUBEE MS-KEMPER MS- 119 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN KEMPER AND SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 119 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAULETTE...OR 18 MILES EAST OF PRESTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELECTRIC MILLS AROUND 140 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SCOOBA AND SHUQUALAK. LAT...LON 3267 8838 3293 8866 3307 8851 3297 8834 TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 315DEG 24KT 3292 8851 17
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 144 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 MSZ057-058-291915- JASPER MS-CLARKE MS- 144 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND WEST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 144 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ORANGE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BARNETT AROUND 210 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE PACHUTA. LAT...LON 3217 8897 3213 8876 3195 8878 3199 8904 TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 009DEG 18KT 3210 8889 17
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
223 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015
MSZ046-052-292015-
LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
223 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND
SOUTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
AT 223 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER TAMOLA...OR NEAR LAUDERDALE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAUDERDALE AROUND 235 PM CDT.
TOOMSUBA AND KEWANEE AROUND 255 PM CDT.
ALAMUCHA AROUND 305 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3254 8839 3233 8842 3232 8862 3261 8863
3263 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 355DEG 18KT 3258 8850
19Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:14 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:22 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:42 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale, Leake, Newton, Scott | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Smith | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2015Every severe thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.