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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 1, 2021Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 7:43 PM CDT for Clarke 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
Aug 1, 2021, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Clarke County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1369 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

049 
WWUS84 KJAN 020043
SPSJAN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
743 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
MSZ057-058-020130-
Jasper MS-Clarke MS-
743 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND WESTERN
CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

At 742 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Orange, or 13 miles west of Quitman, moving southeast at 20 mph.

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

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Stonewall around 755 PM CDT.
  Barnett around 800 PM CDT.
  Quitman around 820 PM CDT.
  De Soto around 825 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Pachuta.

LAT...LON 3189 8879 3207 8909 3221 8895 3208 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 308DEG 19KT 3210 8895 

$$

JNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay, Lowndes24 min
Aug 1, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton52 min
Aug 1, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke27 min
Aug 1, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton48 min
Aug 1, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke25 min
Aug 1, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes50 min
Aug 1, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren27 min
Aug 2, 4:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar2 hr

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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.