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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 7, 2016Rankin County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANEast Carroll, West Carroll51 min
Aug 7, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison44 min
Aug 7, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANTensas43 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.