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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

June 20, 2018Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2018, 7:10 PM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Jun 20, 2018, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Simpson County, MS

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson MS
309 PM CDT Wed Jun 20 2018

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025>027-034-035-212015-
Ashley-Chicot-Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland-
Bolivar-Sunflower-Leflore-Grenada-Carroll-Washington-Humphreys-
309 PM CDT Wed Jun 20 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast
Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central
Mississippi, and northwest Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

FLOODING
THREAT...Limited
TIMING...Tonight

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...Marginal
TIMING...Thursday

Flash flooding is possible tonight as heavy rain develops and
brings a widespread 1 to 3 inches of rainfall by daybreak
Thursday. Some locally heavier rain totals are possible.

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday, especially
in the afternoon hours. The main risk with any severe storms will
be damaging wind gusts, although hail can also not be ruled out.

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png)
(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/2.png)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

The risk for isolated severe thunderstorms will continue Thursday
night through Friday and into Friday night as a strong disturbance
affects our region. The main risks with any severe thunderstorms
will continue to be damaging wind gusts, although hail will be
possible as well.

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/2.png)

.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 Thursday
through Friday night.

LAZ016-023-025-MSZ028>033-036>053-055>058-212015-
Madison LA-Franklin LA-Tensas-Montgomery-Webster-Clay-Lowndes-
Choctaw-Oktibbeha-Holmes-Attala-Winston-Noxubee-Issaquena-Sharkey-
Yazoo-Madison MS-Leake-Neshoba-Kemper-Warren-Hinds-Rankin-Scott-
Newton-Lauderdale-Claiborne-Simpson-Smith-Jasper-Clarke-
309 PM CDT Wed Jun 20 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northeast
Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi,
northeast Mississippi, and southwest Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
THREAT...Marginal
TIMING...Thursday

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Thursday, especially
in the afternoon hours. The main risk with any severe storms will
be damaging wind gusts, although hail can also not be ruled out.

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/2.png)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

The risk for isolated severe thunderstorms will continue Thursday
night through Friday and into Friday night as a strong disturbance
affects our region. The main risks with any severe thunderstorms
will continue to be damaging wind gusts, although hail will be
possible as well.

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/2.png)

.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 Thursday
through Friday night.

LAZ024-026-MSZ054-059>066-072>074-212015-
Catahoula-Concordia-Copiah-Jefferson-Adams-Franklin MS-Lincoln-
Lawrence-Jefferson Davis-Covington-Jones-Marion-Lamar-Forrest-
309 PM CDT Wed Jun 20 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northeast
Louisiana, central Mississippi, and south central Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

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 Tuesday.

50

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...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...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan
Stay Aware, Stay Safe NWS JAN Briefing Page...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe
Latest Weather Briefing...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/weather_briefing

Tropical page...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/srh/tropical?office=jan
National Hurricane Center Home Page...
   https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Find NWS JAN on Facebook...
   https://www.facebook.com/NWSJacksonMS
Follow NWS JAN on Twitter...
   @NWSJacksonMS
Follow NWS JAN on Youtube...
   https://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...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe_HeavyRain

Observed Precipitation Images...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/precipmaps

River Forecast Center...
   https://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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:32 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:52 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:55 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha30 min
Jun 20, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys23 min
Jun 20, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha33 min
Jun 21, 3:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington3 hr
Jun 21, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington29 min
Jun 21, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones33 min
Jun 21, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar, Marion32 min
Jun 21, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMarion34 min
Jun 21, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest33 min
Jun 21, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones31 min
Jun 21, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton30 min
Jun 21, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest26 min
Jun 21, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMarion34 min
Jun 21, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper26 min
Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper28 min
Jun 20, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland27 min
Jun 20, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse35 min
Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland27 min
Jun 20, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland26 min
Jun 20, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse28 min
Jun 20, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse27 min
Jun 20, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley24 min
Jun 20, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley23 min

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