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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Jackson, MS

August 4, 2019Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2019, 2:28 PM CDT for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
Aug 4, 2019, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2019, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Neshoba County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2019-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1011 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 2019-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1011 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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 Aug 4, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 2:22 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson MS
222 PM CDT Sun Aug 4 2019

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
051930-
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-
222 PM CDT Sun Aug 4 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Monday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday night through Saturday

Dangerous heat with maximum heat index values near 105 degrees is
possible for the entire outlook Tuesday through Saturday.

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

.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 Saturday.

26

&&

...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/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...
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:54 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:26 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper51 min
Aug 4, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston37 min
Aug 4, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba34 min
Aug 4, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale19 min
Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada27 min
Aug 4, 2:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake, Neshoba80 min
Aug 4, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala32 min
Aug 4, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada51 min
Aug 4, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery33 min
Aug 4, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion19 min
Aug 4, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison35 min
Aug 4, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson31 min
Aug 4, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery34 min
Aug 4, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower31 min
Aug 4, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes32 min
Aug 4, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower34 min
Aug 4, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith34 min
Aug 4, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith16 min
Aug 4, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.