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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
- Oct 5, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 40
County Leake County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
102
WWUS84 KJAN 052221
SPSJAN
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
521 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021
MSZ044-045-052245-
Neshoba MS-Leake MS-
521 PM CDT Tue Oct 5 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Leake
and southwestern Neshoba Counties through 545 PM CDT...
At 521 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Madden, or 8 miles northwest of Prospect, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Leake
and southwestern Neshoba Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3261 8941 3271 8940 3271 8928 3261 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 332DEG 6KT 3265 8935
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
DCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 6:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 54 hr |
| Oct 5, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Oct 5, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| Oct 5, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Oct 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 24 min |
| Oct 5, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 36 min |
| Oct 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 31 min |
| Oct 5, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Tallahatchie | 32 min |
| Oct 5, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 26 min |
| Oct 5, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 35 min |
| Oct 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 32 min |
| Oct 5, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 41 min |
| Oct 5, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 47 min |
| Oct 5, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 28 min |
| Oct 5, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 23 min |
| Oct 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys | 30 min |
| Oct 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 49 min |
| Oct 5, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 43 min |
| Oct 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 43 min |
| Oct 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Winston | 45 min |
| Oct 5, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Winston | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 31 min |
| Oct 5, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Oct 5, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 33 min |
| Oct 5, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 15 min |
| Oct 5, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 37 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.