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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2016, 8:55 AM CST for 7 counties in Mississippi; 7 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 31, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2016, 8:55 AM CST (14:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
449 WWUS74 KJAN 311455 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 855 AM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-025-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040- 041-312300- /O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.160131T1600Z-160201T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE- WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA 855 AM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES...WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 17
1 follow-up statement
168 WWUS74 KJAN 312121 AAA NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 321 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-025-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040- 041-010000- /O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160201T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE- WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA 321 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES...WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 17
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.