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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rolling Fork, MS | A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| May 9, 10:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rolling Fork, MS | SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE OF A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 61 AND HWY 14 IN ROLLING FORK. |
| May 9, 10:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Anguilla, MS | A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 632 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
542
WUUS54 KJAN 100245
SVRJAN
LAC035-MSC055-125-100345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0172.210510T0245Z-210510T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
945 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana...
Issaquena County in west central Mississippi...
Sharkey County in west central Mississippi...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 945 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Glen Allan to 7 miles east of Lake Providence to
Transylvania, moving east at 35 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...
Grace around 955 PM CDT.
Rolling Fork and Fitler around 1000 PM CDT.
Anguilla and Onward around 1010 PM CDT.
Valley Park around 1020 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Mayersville and Cary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3261 9130 3284 9112 3301 9111 3301 9066
3292 9066 3284 9076 3282 9076 3281 9071
3279 9072 3277 9069 3276 9073 3273 9074
3269 9066 3269 9071 3266 9073 3265 9072
3257 9073 3258 9076 3257 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 277DEG 31KT 3302 9105 3284 9106 3267 9119
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
193 follow-up statements
198
WWUS54 KJAN 100256
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
956 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
LAC035-MSC055-125-100345-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210510T0345Z/
East Carroll LA-Issaquena MS-Sharkey MS-
956 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN EAST CARROLL PARISH...ISSAQUENA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES...
At 956 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Grace to near Onward to near Alsatia, moving east
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
These severe storms will be near...
Onward around 1000 PM CDT.
Rolling Fork around 1005 PM CDT.
Anguilla around 1010 PM CDT.
Valley Park around 1015 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Mayersville and Cary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3260 9118 3284 9112 3301 9111 3301 9066
3292 9066 3284 9076 3282 9076 3281 9071
3279 9072 3277 9069 3276 9073 3273 9074
3269 9066 3269 9071 3266 9073 3265 9072
3257 9073 3258 9076 3257 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 278DEG 36KT 3294 9098 3276 9095 3259 9108
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
19316
WWUS54 KJAN 100320
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1020 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
LAC035-100329-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210510T0345Z/
East Carroll LA-
1020 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central and west central Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3258 9097 3284 9096 3301 9091 3301 9066
3292 9066 3284 9076 3282 9076 3281 9071
3279 9072 3277 9069 3276 9073 3273 9074
3269 9066 3269 9071 3266 9073 3265 9072
3257 9073 3258 9076 3257 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 276DEG 37KT 3284 9081 3267 9072 3258 9076
$$
MSC055-125-100345-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210510T0345Z/
Issaquena MS-Sharkey MS-
1020 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ISSAQUENA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES...
At 1019 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Holly Bluff to 8 miles east of Valley Park to 7
miles northwest of Oak Ridge, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Issaquena and Sharkey Counties, including the following
locations... Cary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3258 9097 3284 9096 3301 9091 3301 9066
3292 9066 3284 9076 3282 9076 3281 9071
3279 9072 3277 9069 3276 9073 3273 9074
3269 9066 3269 9071 3266 9073 3265 9072
3257 9073 3258 9076 3257 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 276DEG 37KT 3284 9081 3267 9072 3258 9076
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
19383
WWUS54 KJAN 100339
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1039 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
MSC055-125-100349-
/O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210510T0345Z/
Issaquena MS-Sharkey MS-
1039 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ISSAQUENA AND
SHARKEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central and west central Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3258 9097 3284 9096 3301 9091 3301 9066
3292 9066 3284 9076 3282 9076 3281 9071
3279 9072 3277 9069 3276 9073 3273 9074
3269 9066 3269 9071 3266 9073 3265 9072
3257 9073 3258 9076 3257 9086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 277DEG 31KT 3282 9063 3265 9054 3256 9058
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland | 41 min |
| May 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 39 min |
| May 9, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 29 min |
| May 9, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 39 min |
| May 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 37 min |
| May 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 73 min |
| May 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 43 min |
| May 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 28 min |
| May 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 35 min |
| May 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 37 min |
| May 9, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 62 min |
| May 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 35 min |
| May 9, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 86 min |
| May 9, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha and 1 more | 78 min |
| May 9, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 82 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.