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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 382, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2015, 4:13 AM CST for Kemper County, Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
- Nov 18, 2015, 4:13 AM CST (10:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 4:42 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kemper County, MS, Noxubee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 502 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Nov 18, 3:51 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 3:51 AM CST, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 7:27 PM CST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 727 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-023-024-MSZ018-019-034-190130- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON- 727 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY 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 MONDAY. LAZ016-025-026-MSZ025>030-032-033-035>038-040>045-047>050-053>056- 059>064-190130- MADISON LA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY- WEBSTER-CLAY-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-WARREN-HINDS- RANKIN-SCOTT-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS- 727 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY TORNADOES THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...TONIGHT FLOODING THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...TONIGHT A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...AND A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY 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 TONIGHT. MSZ031-039-046-051-052-057-058-065-066-072>074-190130- LOWNDES-NOXUBEE-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-JASPER-CLARKE-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 727 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FLOODING THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY TORNADOES THREAT...LIMITED TIMING...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...ELEVATED TIMING...TONIGHT A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...AND A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2) IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. (WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=1) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY 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 TONIGHT. DL && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *TORNADOES* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN STRONG TORNADOES WITH RATINGS EF2 OR GREATER. SIGNIFICANT...STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE WITH RATINGS EF2 OR GREATER. ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN TORNADOES. LIMITED...TORNADOES POSSIBLE. *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. *FLOODING* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT...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 PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 3:31 AM CST, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
331 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
MSZ046-052-057-058-066-181015-
JASPER MS-CLARKE MS-LAUDERDALE MS-JONES MS-KEMPER MS-
331 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LAUDERDALE...EASTERN
KEMPER... NORTHEASTERN JONES...SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND CLARKE
COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CST...
AT 330 AM CST...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR DE KALB TO TUCKERS CROSSING...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DE KALB AROUND 335 AM CST.
SANDERSVILLE AROUND 350 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE PACHUTA...SCOOBA...
PINEVIEW AND SHUBUTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3262 8838 3185 8868 3183 8894 3162 8894
3152 8917 3286 8865 3293 8855 3293 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 237DEG 21KT 3282 8863 3163 8909
BYBLocal storm report, Nov 18, 3:35 AM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 AM LIGHTNING MONTICELLO 31.55N 90.11W
11/18/2015 LAWRENCE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON CARMEL-NEW HOPE RD.
&&
DCOXLocal storm report, Nov 18, 3:53 AM CST, 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 68 min |
| Nov 17, 6:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 8:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 8:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren | 58 min |
| Nov 17, 9:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 29 min |
| Nov 17, 9:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington, Yazoo | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 9:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 31 min |
| Nov 17, 10:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 10:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | 43 min |
| Nov 17, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 46 min |
| Nov 17, 10:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 53 min |
| Nov 17, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 65 min |
| Nov 17, 10:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Nov 17, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 11:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 23 min |
| Nov 17, 11:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 47 min |
| Nov 18, 12:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 18, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 35 min |
| Nov 18, 12:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 38 min |
| Nov 18, 12:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 42 min |
| Nov 18, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 39 min |
| Nov 18, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 44 min |
| Nov 18, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 40 min |
| Nov 18, 1:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 42 min |
| Nov 18, 1:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 39 min |
| Nov 18, 3:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 64 min |
| Nov 18, 3:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Nov 18, 3:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 47 min |
| Nov 18, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Nov 18, 10:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 3 days |
| Nov 18, 10:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 56 hr |
| Nov 18, 10:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 72 hr |
| Nov 18, 10:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 4 days |
| Nov 18, 10:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 70 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 9:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 4 hr |
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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.