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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

April 15, 2021Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 15, 2021, 3:34 AM CDT for Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 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
Apr 15, 2021, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2021, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Copiah County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2021-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 15, 12:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 12:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:34 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
334 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021

MSZ053-054-059-062-150930-
Jefferson MS-Copiah MS-Lincoln MS-Claiborne MS-
334 AM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN COPIAH
COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

At 334 AM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Blue Hill, or 29 miles northwest of Brookhaven, moving east at
35 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Mcbride, Peyton and Union Church around 345 AM CDT.
  Pleasant Hill around 350 AM CDT.
  Allen around 355 AM CDT.
  Barlow around 400 AM CDT.
  Glancy around 410 AM CDT.
  Hazlehurst, Wesson and Martinsville around 420 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Beauregard.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

High winds can bring down trees and large limbs resulting in serious
injury or property damage. Exercise extreme caution when outdoors
during such strong winds...and be especially aware of older trees.

&&

LAT...LON 3167 9099 3186 9101 3191 9037 3168 9035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0834Z 265DEG 32KT 3178 9089

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANFranklin13 hr
Apr 15, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence22 min
Apr 15, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones55 min
Apr 15, 1:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAdams, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 4 more39 hr

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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.