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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

July 16, 2021Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 3:02 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

County Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

109 
WWUS84 KJAN 162002
SPSJAN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
302 PM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021
 
MSZ030-031-162045-
Lowndes MS-Clay MS-
302 PM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND NORTH
CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 302 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking strong thunderstorms
along a line extending from near Prairie to near West Point to near
Bent Oak. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Waverly around 315 PM CDT.
  Columbus AFB around 330 PM CDT.
  Kolola Springs around 335 PM CDT.
  Columbus around 340 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3353 8854 3368 8858 3368 8850 3367 8849
      3367 8850 3366 8852 3365 8851 3366 8850
      3366 8846 3368 8843 3367 8842 3369 8839
      3368 8837 3357 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 247DEG 17KT 3377 8860 3360 8858 3345 8860 

$$

TW

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, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	48 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, 3:22 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.