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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Jackson, MS

March 17, 2021Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT for Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
Mar 17, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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
Mar 17, 11:36 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 687 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

As transmitted.

794 
WUUS54 KJAN 171800
SVRJAN
MSC069-075-103-171845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0019.210317T1800Z-210317T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
100 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Noxubee County in east central Mississippi...
  Eastern Kemper County in east central Mississippi...
  Northern Lauderdale County in east central Mississippi...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 100 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Porterville,
  or 14 miles north of Lauderdale, moving north at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Cooksville and Paulette around 125 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Scooba.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for east central
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3245 8841 3246 8881 3315 8843 3313 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 197DEG 41KT 3272 8843 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TW
2 follow-up statements
720 
WWUS54 KJAN 171817
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
117 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

MSC075-171826-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210317T1845Z/
Lauderdale MS-
117 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for east central
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3258 8839 3258 8874 3315 8843 3313 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 197DEG 41KT 3290 8836 

$$

MSC069-103-171845-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210317T1845Z/
Noxubee MS-Kemper MS-
117 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE AND EASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES...

At 116 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cooksville, or
19 miles southwest of Aliceville, moving north at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe storm will be near...
  Cooksville and Paulette around 125 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Scooba.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for east central
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3258 8839 3258 8874 3315 8843 3313 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 197DEG 41KT 3290 8836 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TW
435 
WWUS54 KJAN 171828
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
128 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

MSC069-103-171845-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210317T1845Z/
Noxubee MS-Kemper MS-
128 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE AND NORTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTIES...

At 128 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cooksville, or
14 miles southwest of Aliceville, moving north at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Noxubee and northeastern Kemper Counties, including the
following locations... Scooba.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for east central
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3278 8836 3279 8863 3315 8843 3313 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 195DEG 40KT 3301 8837 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Simpson31 min
Mar 16, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala36 min
Mar 16, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson58 min
Mar 16, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw27 min
Mar 16, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson46 min
Mar 16, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper, Newton56 min
Mar 16, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale25 min
Mar 17, 6:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar40 min
Mar 17, 6:44 AM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar19 min
Mar 17, 11:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones38 min
Mar 17, 12:07 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANClarke53 min
Mar 17, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale54 min
Mar 17, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln55 min
Mar 17, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones15 min
Mar 17, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones21 min
Mar 17, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence42 min
Mar 17, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin50 min
Mar 17, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren56 min
Mar 17, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington60 min
Mar 17, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson, Lincoln37 min
Mar 17, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Washington29 min
Mar 17, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo64 min
Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Smith55 min
Mar 17, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion34 min
Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Montgomery, Neshoba and 2 more65 min
Mar 17, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott55 min
Mar 17, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Simpson, Smith48 min
Mar 17, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar47 min
Mar 17, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Jones48 min
Mar 17, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee and 3 more76 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.