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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 11:27 AM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 16, 2021, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
County Scott County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 16, 9:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 9:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 400 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 170900- 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- 400 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, and south central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday 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 Thursday. 20 && ...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, Jul 16, 11:27 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Jackson MS 1127 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021 MSZ050-161715- Scott MS- 1127 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... At 1127 AM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pulaski, or 7 miles south of Morton, moving east at 15 mph. Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Pulaski around 1140 AM CDT. Homewood around 1200 PM CDT. Forest around 1210 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 3222 8973 3236 8973 3241 8943 3222 8940 TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 260DEG 14KT 3225 8966 JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 14 min |
| Jul 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | West Carroll | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Catahoula | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | East Carroll | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 41 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.