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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Jackson, MS

May 9, 2021Clay County, Webster County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT for Clay County, Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
May 9, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2021, 8:40 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, MS, Webster County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 762 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

800 
WUUS54 KJAN 100057
SVRJAN
MSC025-155-100215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0166.210510T0057Z-210510T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
757 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Webster County in north central Mississippi...
  Clay County in northeastern Mississippi...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 756 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southwest of Okolona to 6 miles southeast of
  Pyland, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Montpelier around 815 PM CDT.
  Griffith and Pala Alto around 835 PM CDT.
  West Point around 850 PM CDT.
  Tibbee and Waverly around 900 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Mantee
and Walthall.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3355 8853 3351 8860 3351 8867 3357 8867
      3357 8896 3356 8909 3353 8909 3352 8924
      3372 8939 3372 8919 3376 8893 3381 8893
      3381 8872 3368 8872 3368 8849 3365 8852
      3362 8851 3360 8847 3356 8850 3353 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 311DEG 25KT 3393 8882 3381 8905 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
650 
WWUS54 KJAN 100140
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
840 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

MSC025-155-100150-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-210510T0215Z/
Webster MS-Clay MS-
840 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WEBSTER AND CLAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central, north central and northeastern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3355 8853 3351 8860 3351 8867 3357 8867
      3357 8896 3356 8909 3353 8909 3352 8924
      3372 8939 3372 8919 3376 8893 3381 8893
      3381 8872 3368 8872 3368 8849 3365 8852
      3362 8851 3360 8847 3356 8850 3353 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 311DEG 25KT 3374 8855 3362 8878 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower73 min
May 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes28 min
May 9, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena35 min
May 9, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington39 min
May 9, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo37 min
May 9, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey60 min
May 9, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren, Yazoo62 min
May 9, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Yazoo35 min
May 9, 10:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo86 min
May 9, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha and 1 more78 min
May 9, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin82 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.