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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Jackson, MS

April 23, 2020Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2020, 2:12 AM CDT for Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 23, 2020, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2020, 2:43 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The radar

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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
Apr 22, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 Apr 23, 1:22 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 1:22 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1229 AM CDT THU APR 23 2020

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

1055 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE GWINVILLE         31.76N 89.88W
04/22/2020                   JEFFERSON DAVIS    MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN.

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 12:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:13 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 1:14 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:35 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	65 min
Apr 22, 8:58 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore and 3 more	8 hr
Apr 22, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Simpson	42 min
Apr 22, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	38 min
Apr 22, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson	45 min
Apr 22, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Adams	67 min
Apr 22, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	47 min
Apr 22, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	54 min
Apr 22, 10:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Adams, Franklin	32 min
Apr 22, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	34 min
Apr 22, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington	24 min
Apr 22, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	51 min
Apr 22, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	51 min
Apr 22, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	37 min
Apr 22, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	52 min
Apr 22, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Leflore	22 min
Apr 23, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	42 min
Apr 23, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	41 min
Apr 23, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	55 min
Apr 23, 12:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Warren	3 hr
Apr 23, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	51 min
Apr 23, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	46 min
Apr 23, 1:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	3 hr
Apr 23, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	36 min
Apr 23, 1:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	3 hr
Apr 23, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson, Smith	57 min
Apr 23, 2:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Rankin	28 min
Apr 23, 2:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	3 hr
Apr 23, 2:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Simpson	3 hr
Apr 23, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Smith	54 min
Apr 23, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	40 min
Apr 23, 3:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Simpson, Smith	3 hr
Apr 23, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion	48 min
Apr 23, 3:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	31 min
Apr 23, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	43 min
Apr 23, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	4 hr
Apr 23, 4:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	39 min
Apr 23, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	3 hr
Apr 23, 8:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	5 hr
Apr 23, 9:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	59 hr
Apr 23, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	4 days
Apr 23, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	36 min
Apr 23, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	29 min
Apr 23, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	41 min
Apr 23, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	53 min
Apr 23, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	62 min
Apr 23, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	46 min
Apr 23, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	28 min
Apr 23, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	24 min
Apr 22, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas	38 min
Apr 22, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	54 min
Apr 22, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas	56 min
Apr 22, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison	53 min
Apr 23, 1:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Tensas	3 hr
Apr 23, 10:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Tensas	51 hr
Apr 23, 10:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin	3 days

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.