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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS

May 31, 2016Holmes County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2016, 7:56 PM CDT for Holmes County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2016, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Holmes County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

113 
WUUS54 KJAN 010056
SVRJAN
MSC051-163-010145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0252.160601T0056Z-160601T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
756 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COXBURG...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...
  COXBURG AROUND 815 PM CDT. 
  TOLARVILLE AROUND 820 PM CDT. 
  BROZVILLE AROUND 830 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3285 9034 3299 9036 3315 9024 3301 9008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 225DEG 19KT 3296 9033 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DB

1 follow-up statement

117 
WWUS54 KJAN 010130
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
830 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

MSC051-163-010140-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160601T0145Z/
YAZOO MS-HOLMES MS-
830 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL YAZOO AND
SOUTHWESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3285 9034 3299 9036 3315 9024 3301 9008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 225DEG 19KT 3309 9018 

$$

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	43 min
May 31, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	41 min
May 31, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	25 min
May 31, 9:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	3 hr
Jun 1, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	53 min
Jun 1, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	36 min

Nearby

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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.