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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nnw Baxterville, MS | THIS BRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CARROLL AND CANEY CHURCH ROAD. A FEW TREES WERE DOWN AND A COUPLE SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. DAMAGE WAS BLOWN ACROSS A FIELD IN A NORTHWARD DIRECTION. THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AND CROSSED CHAMBLISS AND H THOMPSON R |
| Mar 17, 6:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Pine Burr, MS | SCATTERED DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS ALONG PURVIS TO COLUMBIA RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Pine Grove, MS | TREE DOWNED ON MS HIGHWAY 589 AT LUTHER LEE RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Arnold Line, MS | SEVERAL PINE TREES SNAPPED AT SHADOW RIDGE GOLF COURSE. |
| Mar 17, 6:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Hattiesburg, MS | TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOUSE. |
| Mar 17, 6:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Dixie, MS | TREES DOWN ON OLLIE WILLIAMS RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 3 Nw Dixie, MS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 3 NW DIXIE. MEASURED AT HATTIESBURG EOC. |
| Mar 17, 6:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Mclaurin, MS | TREES DOWN ON ANDERSON RD. |
| Mar 17, 6:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 4 Se Hattiesburg, MS | MEASURED AT THE HBG AIRPORT. |
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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KJAN 172313
SVRJAN
MSC035-073-180000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0029.210317T2313Z-210318T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
613 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Forrest County in southeastern Mississippi...
Lamar County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 612 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Melba to 6 miles south of Baxterville, moving east
at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Sumrall around 620 PM CDT.
Lumberton around 625 PM CDT.
Rawls Springs around 630 PM CDT.
Rock Hill around 635 PM CDT.
Brooklyn, Maxie and Mclaurin around 640 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Corinth.
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 southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3101 8935 3101 8942 3098 8943 3098 8947
3101 8950 3100 8965 3143 8965 3143 8914
3091 8914 3091 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 258DEG 49KT 3143 8963 3099 8961
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TW2 follow-up statements
960
WWUS54 KJAN 172328
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
628 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
MSC035-073-180000-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210318T0000Z/
Forrest MS-Lamar MS-
628 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR FORREST AND LAMAR COUNTIES...
At 628 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Sanford to near Rock Hill, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Brooklyn, Maxie and Mclaurin around 640 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Corinth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3101 8935 3101 8942 3098 8943 3098 8947
3101 8950 3101 8955 3143 8957 3143 8914
3091 8914 3091 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 258DEG 49KT 3147 8939 3103 8937
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TW585
WWUS54 KJAN 172342
SVSJAN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
642 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
MSC073-172352-
/O.CAN.KJAN.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210318T0000Z/
Lamar MS-
642 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAMAR 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 southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3100 8934 3101 8935 3127 8935 3143 8936
3143 8914 3091 8914 3091 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 252DEG 41KT 3144 8927 3115 8919
$$
MSC035-180000-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210318T0000Z/
Forrest MS-
642 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR FORREST COUNTY...
At 642 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Eastabuchie to Mclaurin, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
Forrest County, including the following locations... Corinth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3100 8934 3101 8935 3127 8935 3143 8936
3143 8914 3091 8914 3091 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 252DEG 41KT 3144 8927 3115 8919
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 34 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, 6:28 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.