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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Mar 10, 2017, 1:31 AM CST for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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 10, 2017, 1:31 AM CST (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2017, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Webster County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
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 Mar 10, 12:01 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 12:01 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 249 PM CST Thu Mar 9 2017 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ034>038-040>066-072>074- 102100- Ashley-Chicot-Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland- Madison LA-Franklin LA-Catahoula-Tensas-Concordia-Washington- Humphreys-Holmes-Attala-Winston-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- 249 PM CST Thu Mar 9 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, northwest Mississippi, and south central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Friday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday night through Wednesday 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 Wednesday. MSZ018-019-025>033-039-102100- Bolivar-Sunflower-Leflore-Grenada-Carroll-Montgomery-Webster-Clay- Lowndes-Choctaw-Oktibbeha-Noxubee- 249 PM CST Thu Mar 9 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Mississippi, east central Mississippi, and north central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Friday SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...Marginal TIMING...Tonight A line of thunderstorms will drop into the area after midnight tonight. Damaging wind gusts of 60 mph will be possible with the line. The line is expected to weaken as it moves south and will be well south of the area before sunrise. (www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/image1.png) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday night through Wednesday 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 tonight. 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. ...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/
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 9, 7:40 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
740 PM CST THU MAR 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 PM HAIL STARKVILLE 33.46N 88.82W
03/09/2017 E1.25 INCH OKTIBBEHA MS TRAINED SPOTTER
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE CAMPUS.
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TWLocal storm report, Mar 9, 9:01 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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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 |
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| Mar 9, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 1:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 2:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Noxubee, Winston | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 3:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Leake, Madison, Neshoba | 65 min |
| Mar 10, 4:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton, Rankin, Scott | 56 min |
Nearby
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.