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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

June 23, 2020Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2020, 5:01 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 23, 2020, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2020, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2077 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 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 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 Jun 23, 4:22 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 4:22 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:20 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1238 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2020

MSZ018-231815-
Bolivar MS-
1238 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY UNTIL 115
PM CDT...

At 1236 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Rosedale. This storm was moving slowly east.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Gunnison around 115 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Beulah and Pace.

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 3379 9077 3378 9099 3379 9099 3380 9100
      3381 9104 3379 9105 3377 9105 3377 9109
      3378 9109 3381 9105 3384 9107 3387 9107
      3393 9101 3394 9103 3401 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 241DEG 4KT 3387 9102

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
308 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2020

MSZ026-232045-
Grenada MS-
308 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GRENADA COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...

At 308 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Grenada, moving east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Elliott around 315 PM CDT.
  Gore Springs around 325 PM CDT.
  Misterton around 330 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 3387 8977 3387 8951 3368 8951 3368 9001
      3381 9000 3381 8998 3382 8998 3383 8993
      3390 8992 3390 8977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 270DEG 35KT 3375 8983

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:16 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:01 PM CDT, 0 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
Jun 23, 12:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	37 min
Jun 23, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	37 min
Jun 23, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	38 min
Jun 23, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Webster	30 min
Jun 23, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	44 min
Jun 23, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	36 min
Jun 23, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	36 min
Jun 23, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	47 min
Jun 23, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	52 min
Jun 23, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	23 min
Jun 23, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	53 min
Jun 23, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	34 min
Jun 23, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington	32 min
Jun 23, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	42 min
Jun 23, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	50 min
Jun 23, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	47 min
Jun 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	44 min
Jun 23, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	41 min
Jun 23, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	48 min
Jun 23, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula	34 min
Jun 23, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula	32 min
Jun 23, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

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.