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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Mar 7, 2017, 5:04 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 7, 2017, 5:04 PM CST (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2017, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 Mar 7, 4:28 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 4:28 PM CST, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 208 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025>027-034-035-082015- Ashley-Chicot-Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland- Bolivar-Sunflower-Leflore-Grenada-Carroll-Washington-Humphreys- 208 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, and northwest 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. LAZ016-023>026-MSZ028>033-036>042-047-082015- Madison LA-Franklin LA-Catahoula-Tensas-Concordia-Montgomery- Webster-Clay-Lowndes-Choctaw-Oktibbeha-Holmes-Attala-Winston- Noxubee-Issaquena-Sharkey-Yazoo-Warren- 208 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, and northeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Wednesday SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...Marginal TIMING...Through the remainder of this afternoon Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon along and just ahead of a cold front pushing southeast into the region. The primary risk with any severe thunderstorms will be hail up to quarter size and wind gusts up to 60 mph, although a tornado cannot be ruled out. (www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/image1.png) .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 may be needed for portions of the region remainder of the afternoon. MSZ043>046-048>051-053-054-059>061-082015- Madison MS-Leake-Neshoba-Kemper-Hinds-Rankin-Scott-Newton- Claiborne-Copiah-Jefferson-Adams-Franklin MS- 208 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Mississippi, east central Mississippi, and southwest Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Wednesday SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...Slight TIMING...Through the remainder of this afternoon Some severe thunderstorms are possible through mid afternoon along and just ahead of a cold front pushing southeast into the region. The primary risk with any severe thunderstorms will be hail up to quarter size and wind gusts up to 60 mph, although a tornado cannot be ruled out. (www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/image1.png) .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 may be needed for portions of the region remainder of the afternoon. MSZ052-055>058-062>066-072>074-082015- Lauderdale-Simpson-Smith-Jasper-Clarke-Lincoln-Lawrence- Jefferson Davis-Covington-Jones-Marion-Lamar-Forrest- 208 PM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Mississippi, east central Mississippi, south central Mississippi, and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Wednesday SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...Slight TIMING...Through the remainder of this afternoon FLOODING THREAT...Limited TIMING...Through the remainder of this afternoon Some severe thunderstorms are possible through late afternoon along and just ahead of a cold front pushing southeast into the region. The primary risk with any severe thunderstorms will be hail up to quarter size and wind gusts up to 60 mph, although a tornado cannot be ruled out. In addition, thunderstorms today will contain torrential downpours. Isolated locations could receive a few inches of rain in the span of an hour, which may cause a few flooding issues. (www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/image1.png) (www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/image2.png) .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 may be needed for portions of the region remainder of the afternoon. 21 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS* High...Significant severe thunderstorms are expected. Moderate...Severe storms expected with significant severe weather possible. Enhanced...Severe storms expected. Slight...Severe storms possible. Marginal...Isolated severe storms possible. *FLOODING* Extreme...Confident in significant flooding. Significant...Significant flooding possible. Elevated...Confident in flooding. Limited...Flooding possible. ...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 Find NWS JAN on Facebook... www.facebook.com/NWSJacksonMS Follow NWS JAN on Twitter... @NWSJacksonMS Follow NWS JAN on Youtube... www.youtube.com/user/NWSJacksonMiss ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES... Storm Prediction Center (SPC)... www.spc.noaa.gov/ Meso Analysis... www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/Day 1 through 3 Outlooks... www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ Storm Reports... www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/ ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR FLOODING ISSUES... Current Watches and Warnings... www.weather.gov/jan/safe_HeavyRain Observed Precipitation Images... www.weather.gov/jan/precipmaps River Forecast Center... www.weather.gov/lmrfc/ Significant River Flood Outlook... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/index.html Day 1 through 3 Excessive Rainfall... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/excess_rain.shtml Excessive Rainfall Discussion... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpferd.html Day 1 through 7 QPF... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml QPF Discussion... www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpfpfd.html
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Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:20 PM CST, 44 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 11:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 12:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Oktibbeha | 26 min |
| Mar 7, 12:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 12:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 1:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 1:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 30 min |
| Mar 7, 1:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 25 min |
| Mar 7, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 1:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 26 min |
| Mar 7, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith | 38 min |
| Mar 7, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 3:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington, Jasper | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 15 min |
| Mar 7, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 4:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 41 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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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.