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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2019, 1:26 PM CDT for Forrest County, Jones County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 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
- May 9, 2019, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2019, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 9, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
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 May 9, 1:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 707 AM CDT Thu May 9 2019 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032- 034>037-040>042-047-053-059>061-101215- Ashley-Chicot-Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland- Madison LA-Franklin LA-Catahoula-Tensas-Concordia-Bolivar- Sunflower-Leflore-Grenada-Carroll-Montgomery-Webster-Choctaw- Washington-Humphreys-Holmes-Attala-Issaquena-Sharkey-Yazoo-Warren- Claiborne-Jefferson-Adams-Franklin MS- 707 AM CDT Thu May 9 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, northwest Mississippi, southwest Mississippi, and west central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...Slight TIMING...Today through Tonight FLOODING THREAT...Elevated TIMING...Today through Tonight A slight risk for severe storms and an elevated flooding threat continues through today and possibly into tonight. (https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png) (https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/2.png) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday The threat for additional severe weather and flooding will continue from Friday into the weekend. (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 today through Saturday night. MSZ030-031-033-038-039-043>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074- 101215- Clay-Lowndes-Oktibbeha-Winston-Noxubee-Madison MS-Leake-Neshoba- Kemper-Hinds-Rankin-Scott-Newton-Lauderdale-Copiah-Simpson-Smith- Jasper-Clarke-Lincoln-Lawrence-Jefferson Davis-Covington-Jones- Marion-Lamar-Forrest- 707 AM CDT Thu May 9 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Mississippi, east central Mississippi, northeast Mississippi, south central Mississippi, and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THREAT...Slight TIMING...Today through Tonight FLOODING THREAT...Limited TIMING...Today through Tonight A slight risk for severe storms and a limited flooding threat continues through today and possibly into tonight. (https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png) (https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/2.png) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday The threat for additional severe weather and flooding will continue from Friday into the weekend. (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 today through Saturday night. 21 && ...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 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)... https://www.spc.noaa.gov/ Meso Analysis... https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/ Day 1 through 3 Outlooks... https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ Storm Reports... https://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... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/index.html Day 1 through 3 Excessive Rainfall... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/excess_rain.shtml Excessive Rainfall Discussion... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpferd.html Day 1 through 7 QPF... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml QPF Discussion... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpfpfd.html
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 75 min |
| May 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 71 min |
| May 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sharkey, Washington | 54 min |
| May 8, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 79 min |
| May 8, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 72 min |
| May 8, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery | 79 min |
| May 8, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 50 min |
| May 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 75 min |
| May 8, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 55 min |
| May 9, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 51 min |
| May 9, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 40 min |
| May 9, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 4 hr |
| May 9, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 27 min |
| May 9, 5:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower | 5 hr |
| May 9, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys | 36 min |
| May 9, 6:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 51 min |
| May 9, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 30 min |
| May 9, 7:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Montgomery, Webster | 41 min |
| May 9, 7:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 48 min |
| May 9, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 58 min |
| May 9, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Warren | 55 min |
| May 9, 7:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren | 117 min |
| May 9, 8:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 119 min |
| May 9, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin, Scott | 55 min |
| May 9, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Smith | 53 min |
| May 9, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 26 min |
| May 9, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 36 min |
| May 9, 8:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 19 min |
| May 9, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 9, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Smith | 56 min |
| May 9, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren | 67 min |
| May 9, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| May 9, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 49 min |
| May 9, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 7 days |
| May 9, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 68 min |
| May 9, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 90 min |
| May 9, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 9, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 58 min |
| May 9, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 21 days |
| May 9, 11:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 14 days |
| May 9, 11:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 96 min |
| May 9, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Lauderdale, Smith | 48 min |
| May 9, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 58 min |
| May 9, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 37 min |
| May 9, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 9 days |
| May 9, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 6 days |
| May 9, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 10 days |
| May 9, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 12 days |
| May 9, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 11 days |
| May 9, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| May 9, 3:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 4 days |
| May 8, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, West Carroll | 73 min |
| May 8, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Concordia, Tensas | 65 min |
| May 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll, West Carroll | 61 min |
| May 9, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 49 min |
| May 9, 3:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 24 min |
| May 9, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas | 64 min |
| May 9, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison | 40 min |
| May 9, 11:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 18 days |
| May 9, 11:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia | 25 days |
| May 9, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 42 min |
| May 9, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 31 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.