Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS

March 28, 2021Choctaw County, Montgomery County, Webster County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2021, 2:39 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Montgomery County, Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2021, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2021, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Webster County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 894 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 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
8.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

780 
WUUS54 KJAN 280739
SVRJAN
MSC019-097-155-280815-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0056.210328T0739Z-210328T0815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
239 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Choctaw County in central Mississippi...
  Central Webster County in north central Mississippi...
  East central Montgomery County in north central Mississippi...

* Until 315 AM CDT.

* At 238 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lodi, or 14
  miles east of Winona, moving east at 50 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Eupora around 255 AM CDT.
  Sherwood around 300 AM CDT.
  Mathiston and Clarkson around 305 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Walthall.

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 400 AM CDT for central and
north central Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3356 8909 3347 8909 3341 8952 3353 8957
      3374 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 247DEG 42KT 3349 8947 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EC
1 follow-up statement
558 
WWUS54 KJAN 280802
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
302 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021

MSC019-097-155-280815-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210328T0815Z/
Choctaw MS-Webster MS-Montgomery MS-
302 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CHOCTAW...CENTRAL WEBSTER AND EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...

At 301 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mathiston, or 
17 miles southwest of Montpelier, moving east at 45 mph. In 
addition, strong storms that could become severe were moving near 
Kilmichael into southwest Webster County. 

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Clarkson around 305 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Walthall.

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 400 AM CDT for central and
north central Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3356 8909 3347 8909 3341 8952 3353 8957
      3374 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 247DEG 40KT 3358 8919 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar36 min
Mar 27, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower61 min
Mar 27, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington53 min
Mar 27, 11:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower44 min
Mar 28, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington27 min
Mar 28, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes25 min
Mar 28, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada30 min
Mar 28, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll27 min
Mar 28, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery, Webster49 min
Mar 28, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster52 min
Mar 28, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha36 min
Mar 28, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.