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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 30, 2017, 8:13 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 30, 2017, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Apr 30, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 324 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 012030- 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- 324 PM CDT Sun Apr 30 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, and south central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Monday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday night through Saturday 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 Saturday. 21 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... No short term hazards expected. ...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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
453 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 E VAIDEN 33.33N 89.74W
04/30/2017 CARROLL MS BROADCAST MEDIA
MOBILE HOME AND A HOUSE SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF VAIDEN.
&&
TWSpecial weather statement, Apr 30, 7:47 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
747 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
MSZ073-074-010115-
Lamar MS-Forrest MS-
747 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FORREST AND EASTERN LAMAR
COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
At 747 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Lumberton, or 13 miles north of Poplarville, moving northeast at
65 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Purvis and Rock Hill around 755 PM CDT.
Pine Ridge around 800 PM CDT.
West Hattiesburg and Oak Grove around 805 PM CDT.
Petal, Sunrise and Rawls Springs around 810 PM CDT.
Macedonia around 815 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
High winds can bring down trees and large limbs resulting in serious
injury or property damage. Exercise extreme caution when outdoors
during such strong winds...and be especially aware of older trees.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8934 3101 8935 3101 8942 3098 8943
3098 8947 3100 8948 3100 8950 3101 8950
3100 8962 3143 8937 3143 8915 3102 8915
3095 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 210DEG 55KT 3103 8949
GRGLocal storm report, Apr 30, 8:02 PM CDT, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 3 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.