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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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
DBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 28 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.