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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2018, 1:18 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 9, 2018, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2018, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Hinds County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 9, 1:12 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:12 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 344 AM CDT Thu Aug 9 2018 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 100845- 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- 344 AM CDT Thu Aug 9 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, and south central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday 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. NF && ...HAZARD LEGEND... No short term hazards expected. ...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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:54 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
118 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018
MSZ047-048-091845-
Warren MS-Hinds MS-
118 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND
NORTHWESTERN HINDS COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...
At 117 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Youngton, or 15 miles east of Redwood, moving east at 10 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Brownsville around 145 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 3255 9059 3253 9058 3253 9055 3251 9055
3250 9052 3252 9052 3252 9050 3254 9048
3254 9047 3257 9045 3249 9045 3249 9043
3233 9038 3231 9070 3249 9075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 256DEG 11KT 3242 9064
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | East Carroll | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 81 min |
| Aug 8, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.