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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, 8:03 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Clarke County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 941 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

585 
WWUS84 KJAN 020103
SPSJAN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
803 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
MSZ052-058-020130-
Lauderdale MS-Clarke MS-
803 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CLARKE AND
SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

At 803 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Stonewall, or 10 miles northwest 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...
  Sable around 815 PM CDT.
  Middleton around 830 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3217 8888 3231 8880 3222 8851 3206 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 299DEG 19KT 3218 8879 

$$

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, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke47 min
Aug 1, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton52 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.