Alert archive / Mississippi / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this red flag warning at Nov 19, 2016, 4:55 AM CST for 40 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Nov 19, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Nov 19, 2016, 4:55 AM CST (10:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
All 40 counties
Adams County, MS, Attala 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, 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, 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, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren 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 10:55 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
029 WWUS84 KJAN 191055 RFWJAN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 455 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON... MSZ026>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-191900- /O.NEW.KJAN.FW.W.0003.161119T1800Z-161120T0000Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA- KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE- COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR- FORREST- 455 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OUTSIDE OF THE DELTA REGION. * WIND...AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * HUMIDITY...AROUND 25% * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW, OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 22
1 follow-up statement
153 WWUS84 KJAN 192137 RFWJAN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 337 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON... MSZ026>033-036>039-042>066-072>074-200000- /O.CON.KJAN.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161120T0000Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA- KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE- COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR- FORREST- 337 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * AFFECTED AREA...MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OUTSIDE OF THE DELTA REGION. * WIND...AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS * HUMIDITY...AROUND 25% * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 6:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes | 58 min |
| Nov 19, 3:43 AM CST | Freeze Warning | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 28 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.