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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 1, 2021Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 8:55 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Little Rock, AR 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

771 
WWUS84 KJAN 020155
SPSJAN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
855 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
MSZ036-020245-
Holmes MS-
855 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HOLMES COUNTY UNTIL 945
PM CDT...

At 855 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
over Howard, or 10 miles northeast of Thornton, moving east at 25
mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Brozville around 905 PM CDT.
  Lexington around 910 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3311 9031 3326 9025 3320 8993 3300 9006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 284DEG 23KT 3315 9016 

$$

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, 8:03 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, 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.