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Heat Advisory 11, NWS Jackson, MS

August 23, 201612 counties in Mississippi; 7 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this heat advisory at Aug 23, 2016, 2:54 PM CDT for 12 counties in Mississippi; 7 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 24, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2016, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 24, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

All 21 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, 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, Claiborne County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 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 23, 10:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 10:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 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 22, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	33 min
Aug 22, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	26 min
Aug 23, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	27 min
Aug 23, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	33 min
Aug 23, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	29 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2016 Heat Advisories in Louisiana, 2016 Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2016 Every 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.