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Heat Advisory 10, NWS Jackson, MS

August 10, 20164 counties in Mississippi; 8 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this heat advisory at Aug 10, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi; 8 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 10, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 10, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula 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, Bolivar County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 9, 8:49 PM CDT, 7 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 8:49 PM CDT, 7 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 2:35 PM CDT, 13 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
235 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-
040>042-047-101945-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN-
235 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

EXCESSIVE HEAT
THREAT...LIMITED
TIMING...WEDNESDAY

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN OCCUR ACROSS THE WESTERN AREAS.
EXPECT HEAT INDICES TO PEAK NEAR 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC=2)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR A HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT DURING THE
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TIME PERIOD. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS COULD
SEE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS DURING THIS
TIME. OTHER LOCATIONS MAY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. IMPACTS WOULD
BE FROM FLASH FLOODING.

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

.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.

MSZ028>033-037>039-043>046-048>066-072>074-101945-
MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-
LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-
ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
235 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR A HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT DURING THE
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TIME PERIOD. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS COULD
SEE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS DURING THIS
TIME. OTHER LOCATIONS MAY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. IMPACTS WOULD
BE FROM FLASH FLOODING.

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

.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.

CME

&&

...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.

...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

   PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes65 min
Aug 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes36 min
Aug 9, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo44 min
Aug 9, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin53 min
Aug 9, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison62 min
Aug 9, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin36 min
Aug 9, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds33 min
Aug 9, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne, Warren40 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Louisiana, 2016Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2016Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2016Every heat advisory in 2016

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.