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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

June 2, 2021Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2021, 2:41 PM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2021, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Madison County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2021-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Jun 2, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 2:13 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson MS
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
031915-
Ashley-Chicot-Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland-
Madison LA-Franklin LA-Catahoula-Tensas-Concordia-Bolivar-
Sunflower-Leflore-Grenada-Carroll-Montgomery-Webster-Clay-Lowndes-
Choctaw-Oktibbeha-Washington-Humphreys-Holmes-Attala-Winston-
Noxubee-Issaquena-Sharkey-Yazoo-Madison MS-Leake-Neshoba-Kemper-
Warren-Hinds-Rankin-Scott-Newton-Lauderdale-Claiborne-Copiah-
Simpson-Smith-Jasper-Clarke-Jefferson-Adams-Franklin MS-Lincoln-
Lawrence-Jefferson Davis-Covington-Jones-Marion-Lamar-Forrest-
213 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast
Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central
Mississippi, and south central Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and
emergency management personnel in support of severe weather
operations is not expected through next Tuesday.

14

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

No short term hazards expected.

...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)...

NWS JAN Home page...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan
Stay Aware, Stay Safe NWS JAN Briefing Page...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe
Latest Weather Briefing...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/weather_briefing

Tropical page...
   https://www.weather.gov/srh/tropical?office=jan
National Hurricane Center Home Page...
   https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Find NWS JAN on Facebook...
   https://www.facebook.com/NWSJacksonMS
Follow NWS JAN on Twitter...
   @NWSJacksonMS
Follow NWS JAN on Youtube...
   https://www.youtube.com/user/NWSJacksonMiss

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
241 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

MSZ043-022015-
Madison MS-
241 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

At 240 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Cameron, or 13 miles northeast of Canton, moving northeast at 40
mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Cameron and Camden around 245 PM CDT.

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.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3270 8995 3278 9002 3280 9002 3288 8994
      3288 8973 3280 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 229DEG 34KT 3279 8993

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala34 min
Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah34 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin30 min
Jun 2, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw34 min
Jun 2, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin44 min
Jun 2, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott38 min
Jun 2, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake53 min
Jun 2, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison51 min
Jun 2, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes46 min
Jun 2, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake23 min
Jun 2, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott27 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith38 min
Jun 2, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson46 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes43 min
Jun 2, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston43 min
Jun 2, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes38 min
Jun 2, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson52 min
Jun 2, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCatahoula63 min
Jun 2, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANConcordia49 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.