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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Jackson, MS

March 13, 2016Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2016, 10:04 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 56 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2016, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chicot County, AR, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 13, 10:11 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Se Lake Village, AR	PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG HWY 82 BY THE LAKE.
Mar 13, 10:23 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	7 Sw Greenville, MS	OCCURRED AT HARLOWS CASINO NEAR THE MS RIVER BRIDGE.
Mar 13, 10:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 S Greenville, MS
Mar 13, 10:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 S Greenville, MS
Mar 13, 10:48 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 S Leland, MS
Mar 13, 10:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 S Greenville, MS	DECENT ACCUMULATION OF HAIL ALONG DYCUS ROAD. PICTURE RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA SHOWS MIX OF HAIL WITH QUARTER SIZE LARGEST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

728 
WUUS54 KJAN 140304
SVRJAN
ARC017-MSC151-140400-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0112.160314T0304Z-160314T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1004 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1003 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHICOT
  JUNCTION...OR NEAR EUDORA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVON AND WAYSIDE AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
  LELAND AND ESTILL AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
  TRIBBETT AND DARLOVE AROUND 1055 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ARCOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3353 9078 3317 9075 3314 9135 3329 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 255DEG 30KT 3321 9129 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

22

3 follow-up statements

732 
WWUS54 KJAN 140310
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1010 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

ARC017-MSC151-140400-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160314T0400Z/
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-
1010 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CHICOT AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1010 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHICOT
JUNCTION...OR NEAR LAKE VILLAGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVON AND WAYSIDE AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
  LELAND AND TRIBBETT AROUND 1100 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ARCOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3353 9078 3317 9075 3314 9135 3329 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 249DEG 25KT 3324 9126 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

22

665 
WWUS54 KJAN 140328
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1028 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

ARC017-MSC151-140400-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160314T0400Z/
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-
1028 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHICOT AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1028 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYSIDE...OR
NEAR AVON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LELAND AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
  TRIBBETT AROUND 1100 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ARCOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3321 9075 3319 9118 3333 9121 3353 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 252DEG 30KT 3328 9111 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL

899 
WWUS54 KJAN 140342
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1042 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

ARC017-140350-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160314T0400Z/
CHICOT AR-
1042 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHICOT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3353 9078 3335 9076 3327 9076 3321 9075
      3321 9108 3322 9108 3325 9105 3328 9104
      3329 9106 3329 9107 3326 9109 3335 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 255DEG 30KT 3331 9099 

$$

MSC151-140400-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160314T0400Z/
WASHINGTON MS-
1042 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 1040 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYSIDE...OR
NEAR AVON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT HARLOWS CASINO

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LELAND AND ESTILL AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
  TRIBBETT AROUND 1100 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ARCOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3353 9078 3335 9076 3327 9076 3321 9075
      3321 9108 3322 9108 3325 9105 3328 9104
      3329 9106 3329 9107 3326 9109 3335 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 255DEG 30KT 3331 9099 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	43 min
Mar 13, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	34 min
Mar 13, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	24 min
Mar 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	28 min
Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	6 hr
Mar 13, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	30 min
Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sharkey	36 min
Mar 13, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore	35 min
Mar 13, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	47 min
Mar 13, 11:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	6 hr
Mar 14, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	47 min
Mar 14, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll	30 min
Mar 14, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	36 hr
Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	61 min
Mar 13, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley	66 min
Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	78 min
Mar 13, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	51 min
Mar 13, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Chicot	27 min
Mar 13, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	49 min
Mar 13, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	41 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.