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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Jackson, MS

July 19, 20184 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2018, 4:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2018, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2018-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 915 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2018-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 4:16 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:16 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
403 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

MSZ056-057-065-066-192145-
Smith MS-Jones MS-Covington MS-Jasper MS-
403 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN JASPER...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH...NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON AND NORTHERN JONES
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

At 403 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Taylorsville, or 8 miles southwest of Stringer, 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...
  Ellisville around 445 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Seminary, Mize and
Soso.

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 3192 8963 3195 8918 3159 8904 3154 8955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 345DEG 18KT 3181 8939

10
Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:22 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
422 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE                    32.35N 89.33W
07/19/2018                   SCOTT              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN LAKE. REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S
            OFFICE.

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MORTON                  32.36N 89.66W
07/19/2018                   SCOTT              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN MORTON. REPORTED BY
            SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

0235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FOREST                  32.36N 89.47W
07/19/2018                   SCOTT              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN, A FEW ON POWER LINES IN FOREST.
            REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton119 min
Jul 19, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott42 min
Jul 19, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith44 min
Jul 19, 3:13 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more29 hr
Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jones42 min
Jul 19, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar46 min

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.