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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 9 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
- Mar 17, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 6:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 5:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Topeka, MS | A FEW TREES DOWN AND MULTIPLE LARGE LIMBS WERE BROKEN. A LARGE SECTION OF TIN WAS TORN OFF A LARGE CARPORT TYPE STRUCTURE. |
| Mar 17, 5:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Goss, MS | POWERLINES DOWN AT THE CORNER OF HWY 13 AND RIVERBEND ROAD. |
| Mar 17, 6:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Lucas, MS | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON BUDDY PRICE RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Sandy Hook, MS | ONE HOME DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN ON MILITARY RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Sandy Hook, MS | POSSIBLE TORNADO...REPORT RECEIVED VIA SM OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES ALONG HIGHWAY 43 ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. |
| Mar 17, 6:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Progress, MS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM PROGRESS. A FEW TREES DOWN ON PROGRESS RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Prentiss, MS | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON MT. ZION RD. NEAR HWY 84. |
| Mar 17, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Prentiss, MS | TREES DOWN ON HALL RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 2 Sse Spring Cottage, MS | A SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY GENERALLY FROM THE SANDY HOOK COMMUNITY, THEN ON THE E SIDE OF THE RIVER AND S OF HWY 13. SOME OF THE MORE PRONOUNCED TREE DAMAGE WAS ON HWY 43 AND MAIL ROUTE RD. TREE DAMAGE HERE WAS A COMBINATION |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 11:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
085
WUUS54 KJAN 172245
SVRJAN
MSC065-077-091-172330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0025.210317T2245Z-210317T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
545 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Marion County in south central Mississippi...
Lawrence County in south central Mississippi...
Jefferson Davis County in south central Mississippi...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 544 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Robinwood to Kokomo, moving northeast at 65
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Columbia, Arm, Morgantown and Oak Vale around 550 PM CDT.
Progress and Goss around 555 PM CDT.
Prentiss, Improve, Bunker Hill and Carson around 600 PM CDT.
Clem and Melba around 610 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Bassfield, New Hebron and Silver Creek.
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 south central
and southeastern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3107 8984 3107 8992 3113 8994 3113 9001
3117 9001 3118 9003 3134 9004 3134 9009
3135 9011 3135 9024 3145 9024 3175 9008
3177 8977 3161 8975 3154 8960 3151 8959
3144 8959 3144 8966 3101 8965 3101 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 233DEG 58KT 3145 9012 3120 8997
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CME2 follow-up statements
495
WWUS54 KJAN 172301
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
601 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
MSC077-172310-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210317T2330Z/
Lawrence MS-
601 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for south central
and southeastern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3107 8984 3111 8989 3144 8996 3152 8996
3153 8998 3176 8997 3177 8977 3161 8975
3155 8962 3152 8959 3144 8959 3144 8966
3101 8965 3101 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 230DEG 52KT 3160 8989 3132 8985
$$
MSC065-091-172330-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210317T2330Z/
Marion MS-Jefferson Davis MS-
601 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR MARION AND JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...
At 600 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Prentiss to near Goss, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Prentiss and Carson around 605 PM CDT.
Clem around 610 PM CDT.
Melba around 615 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Bassfield.
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 south central
and southeastern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3107 8984 3111 8989 3144 8996 3152 8996
3153 8998 3176 8997 3177 8977 3161 8975
3155 8962 3152 8959 3144 8959 3144 8966
3101 8965 3101 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 230DEG 52KT 3160 8989 3132 8985
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CME366
WWUS54 KJAN 172319
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
619 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
MSC065-091-172329-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210317T2330Z/
Marion MS-Jefferson Davis MS-
619 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION AND JEFFERSON DAVIS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for south central
and southeastern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3107 8984 3111 8989 3144 8996 3152 8996
3153 8998 3176 8997 3177 8977 3161 8975
3155 8962 3152 8959 3144 8959 3144 8966
3101 8965 3101 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 233DEG 58KT 3177 8962 3149 8958
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Newton | 56 min |
| Mar 16, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 6:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 6:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 19 min |
| Mar 17, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 53 min |
| Mar 17, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 54 min |
| Mar 17, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 15 min |
| Mar 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 21 min |
| Mar 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Mar 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren | 56 min |
| Mar 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 64 min |
| Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Montgomery, Neshoba and 2 more | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee and 3 more | 76 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.