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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

January 21, 2016Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jan 21, 2016, 11:08 AM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
Jan 21, 2016, 11:08 AM CST (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2016, 11:45 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

465 
WWUS84 KJAN 211708
SPSJAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1108 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016
 
MSZ036-037-042-043-211745-
ATTALA MS-HOLMES MS-MADISON MS-YAZOO MS-
1108 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN YAZOO...
SOUTHWESTERN ATTALA...NORTH CENTRAL MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN HOLMES
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM CST...

AT 1108 AM CST...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER PICKENS...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DURANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOODMAN AROUND 1125 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3279 9008 3292 9015 3311 8991 3290 8975
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 238DEG 26KT 3288 9002 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 7:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANClay4 days
Jan 21, 8:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson24 min
Jan 21, 8:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah32 min
Jan 21, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds12 min
Jan 21, 9:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren36 min
Jan 21, 10:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren55 min
Jan 21, 10:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo56 min
Jan 21, 12:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala25 min
Jan 21, 1:19 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo12 hr
Jan 21, 1:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes26 min
Jan 21, 1:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes24 min
Jan 21, 1:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott36 min
Jan 21, 2:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin26 min
Jan 21, 2:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo35 min
Jan 21, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams75 min
Jan 21, 2:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala26 min
Jan 21, 2:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams64 min
Jan 21, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo47 min
Jan 21, 2:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren31 min
Jan 21, 2:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake34 min
Jan 21, 2:43 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more19 hr
Jan 21, 2:43 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryJANAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 15 more23 hr
Jan 21, 2:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Warren52 min
Jan 21, 3:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo3 hr
Jan 21, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson54 min
Jan 21, 3:25 PM CSTWind AdvisoryJANBolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren and 1 more23 hr
Jan 21, 3:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah33 min
Jan 21, 3:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson41 min
Jan 21, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison55 min
Jan 21, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott45 min
Jan 21, 3:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln61 min
Jan 21, 4:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke27 min
Jan 21, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds43 min
Jan 21, 4:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson62 min
Jan 21, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba45 min
Jan 21, 4:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln42 min
Jan 21, 4:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson66 min
Jan 21, 5:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln2 hr
Jan 21, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson47 min
Jan 21, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott65 min
Jan 21, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson48 min
Jan 21, 5:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton, Scott35 min
Jan 21, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith53 min
Jan 21, 7:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANTensas51 min
Jan 21, 7:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Franklin, Tensas39 min
Jan 21, 11:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland16 min
Jan 21, 12:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland22 min
Jan 21, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas43 min
Jan 21, 8:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.