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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

November 18, 2016Carroll County, Grenada County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Nov 18, 2016, 6:32 PM CST for Carroll County, Grenada County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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
Nov 18, 2016, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 2016-11-19Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 Nov 18, 6:03 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 6:03 PM CST, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 3:26 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
326 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
192130-
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-
326 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

FIRE WEATHER
THREAT...ELEVATED
TIMING...DAYTIME HOURS ON SATURDAY

DRY GROUND CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A
COLD FRONT AND LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE
DANGER ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS SATURDAY.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO HEED ALL LOCAL BURN BANS THAT ARE IN EFFECT.

(WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IMAGES/JAN/GRAPHICAST/IMAGE1.GIF)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE GREATEST PROBABILITY FOR A FREEZE WILL BE EAST OF A
LINE FROM HATTIESBURG TO BROOKHAVEN TO TALLULAH TO GREENVILLE TO
PARCHMAN. A HARD FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY MORNING OVER
PORTIONS OF EAST MISSISSIPPI. FOR MOST LOCATIONS, THIS WILL BE THE
FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON AND ANY EXPOSED SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL
BE IMPACTED.

(WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IMAGES/JAN/GRAPHICAST/IMAGE3.GIF)

INCREASED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN DURING THE DAYTIME
SUNDAY. THOUGH WINDS WILL BE LESS GUSTY, DAYTIME HUMIDITY IS
EXPECTED TO BE LOWER THAN ON SATURDAY WITH CONTINUED DRY GROUND
CONDITIONS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO HEED ALL LOCAL BURN BANS THAT ARE IN
EFFECT.

(WWW.WEATHER.GOV/IMAGES/JAN/GRAPHICAST/IMAGE1.GIF)

.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 THURSDAY.

28/DC/DL

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*FIRE WEATHER*
EXTREME...CONDITIONS WELL IN EXCESS OF RED FLAG WARNING
 CRITERIA WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH. FIRES
 WILL SPREAD VERY QUICKLY AND WILDFIRES ARE COMMON. FIRE
 CONTROL IS VERY DIFFICULT, EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED FIREFIGHTERS.
SIGNIFICANT...CONDITIONS MEET MINIMUM RED FLAG WARNINGS
 CRITERIA. OPEN BURNING SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED AS FIRES CAN
 QUICKLY ESCAPE AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, EVEN
 FOR EXPERIENCED FIREFIGHTERS.
ELEVATED...ANY OPEN BURNING IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO INCREASED
 WIND, LOWER HUMIDITY, AND RECENT DRY CONDITIONS. FIRES
 ESCAPE CONTROL MORE EASILY IN THESE CONDITIONS AND THEIR
 CONTAINMENT CAN BE DIFFICULT. REMEMBER TO HEED ANY LOCAL
 BURN BANS THAT ARE IN EFFECT!
LIMITED...EXTRA CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR OPEN BURNING DUE TO
 INCREASED WIND, LOWER HUMIDITY, OR VERY DRY CONDITIONS.
 REMEMBER TO HEED ANY LOCAL BURN BANS THAT ARE IN EFFECT!

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

NWS JAN HOME PAGE...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN
STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/SAFE
LATEST WEATHER BRIEFING...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/WEATHER_BRIEFING

TROPICAL PAGE...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/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

...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR FIRE WEATHER ISSUES...

CURRENT HEAT INFORMATION...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/SAFE_EXTREMEHEAT

FIRE WEATHER...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/FIREWEATHER
LATEST WEATHER BRIEFING...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN/WEATHER_BRIEFING

MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION...
   WWW.MFC.MS.GOV/
FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/FIRE_WX/
   PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Nov 18, 5:33 PM CST, 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 3:43 AM CSTFreeze WarningJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more28 hr
Nov 19, 4:55 AM CSTRed Flag WarningJANAdams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 34 more13 hr

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.