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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

August 1, 2021Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 11:48 PM CDT for Warren 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, 11:48 PM CDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

County Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 244 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.

202 
WWUS84 KJAN 020448
SPSJAN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1148 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
LAZ016-MSZ047-020515-
Madison LA-Warren MS-
1148 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MADISON PARISH IN
NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM
CDT...

At 1147 PM CDT, Meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Le Tourneau, or 11 miles southwest of Vicksburg. This storm was
nearly stationary.

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

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Yokena and Le Tourneau around 1215 AM 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 3221 9112 3223 9112 3232 9096 3217 9079
      3215 9083 3216 9085 3214 9085 3212 9089
      3213 9091 3210 9092 3208 9096 3210 9096
      3210 9100 3213 9107 3213 9110 3221 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 328DEG 4KT 3222 9101 

$$
HJS

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, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes50 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.