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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 19, 2017Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2017, 3:21 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2017, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1945 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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567 
WWUS84 KJAN 192021
SPSJAN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
321 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2017
 
MSZ072-073-192100-
Lamar MS-Marion MS-
321 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MARION AND SOUTHWESTERN LAMAR
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

At 320 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Columbia, moving south at 20 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Pickwick and Pinebur around 340 PM CDT. 
  Sandy Hook around 400 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3107 8984 3107 8992 3109 8992 3109 8993
      3111 8993 3111 8994 3113 8994 3113 9001
      3137 8999 3138 8965 3100 8956 3100 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 353DEG 18KT 3122 8983 

$$

EC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest63 min
Aug 19, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne47 min
Aug 19, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar38 min
Aug 19, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren32 min
Aug 19, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar47 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah63 min
Aug 19, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest35 min
Aug 19, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper58 min
Aug 19, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith34 min
Aug 19, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin67 min
Aug 19, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland53 min
Aug 18, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot52 min

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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.