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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

July 18, 2021Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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 18, 2021, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Montgomery County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

814 
WWUS84 KJAN 182113
SPSJAN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
413 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021
 
MSZ028-029-032-182200-
Montgomery MS-Choctaw MS-Webster MS-
413 PM CDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...
SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

At 413 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Winona, moving east at 25 mph.

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

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Kilmichael and Sweatman around 425 PM CDT.
  Lodi around 435 PM CDT.
  Embry around 455 PM CDT.
  Bellefontaine around 500 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 3368 8930 3336 8929 3335 8945 3340 8963
      3340 8971 3342 8972 3342 8975 3368 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 264DEG 23KT 3352 8967 

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:06 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion114 min
Jul 18, 8:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Yazoo6 days
Jul 18, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba, Newton40 min
Jul 18, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar56 min
Jul 18, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys48 min
Jul 18, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower45 min
Jul 18, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore, Sunflower29 min
Jul 18, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll, Leflore51 min
Jul 18, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena38 min
Jul 18, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake43 min
Jul 18, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba24 min
Jul 18, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott52 min
Jul 18, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWest Carroll51 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.