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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, MS

February 25, 2021Forrest County, Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 25, 2021, 2:56 PM CST for Forrest County, Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 26, 2021, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2021, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 26, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Feb 25, 11:41 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 11:41 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 9:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes10 days

Nearby

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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.