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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 16, 2016Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 2:13 PM CDT for Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 16, 2016, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Copiah County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2016-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 827 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 16, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 2:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
200 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
171900-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
200 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY.

21

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

NO SHORT TERM HAZARDS EXPECTED.

...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)...

NWS JAN HOME PAGE...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN
STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=SAFE
NWS JAN TROPICAL PAGE...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=TROPICAL
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HOME PAGE...
   WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/
FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK...
   WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSJACKSONMS
FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER...
   @NWSJACKSONMS

   PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
213 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

MSZ054-161945-
COPIAH MS-
213 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN COPIAH COUNTY UNTIL 245
PM CDT...

AT 213 PM CDT...METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR ROCKPORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOPEWELL AROUND 240 PM CDT.
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS AROUND 245 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE GEORGETOWN.

LAT...LON 3173 9037 3204 9044 3204 9023 3202 9024
      3185 9015 3185 9014 3183 9016 3183 9013
      3182 9016 3180 9017 3179 9011 3179 9017
      3178 9017 3178 9011 3177 9011 3177 9017
      3176 9012 3174 9017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 184DEG 19KT 3180 9026

DB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton37 min
Aug 16, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper, Lauderdale28 min
Aug 16, 4:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington3 hr
Aug 16, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams, Jefferson24 min
Aug 16, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJefferson26 min
Aug 16, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes37 min
Aug 16, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore27 min
Aug 16, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada42 min
Aug 16, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin27 min
Aug 16, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin, Richland23 min
Aug 16, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin, Madison, Tensas23 min
Aug 16, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison28 min
Aug 16, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison28 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.