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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 7, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
283
WWUS84 KJAN 072221
SPSJAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
521 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016
MSZ043-049-072300-
MADISON MS-RANKIN MS-
521 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RANKIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 521 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR GOSHEN SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GOSHEN SPRINGS AND PISGAH AROUND 530 PM CDT.
FANNIN AROUND 545 PM CDT.
BRANDON AND FLOWOOD AROUND 600 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.
&&
LAT...LON 3262 8975 3259 8978 3253 8977 3224 8990
3232 9013 3239 9009 3240 9007 3240 9009
3271 8990 3270 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 024DEG 19KT 3252 8990
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Tensas | 43 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.