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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 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!
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 3:43 AM CST | Freeze Warning | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 19, 4:55 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | JAN | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 34 more | 13 hr |
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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.