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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 397, NWS Jackson, MS

June 16, 20236 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2023, 10:12 PM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2023, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2023, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 16, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 11.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:18 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	35 min
Jun 16, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	64 min
Jun 16, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	38 min
Jun 16, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	58 min
Jun 16, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	70 min
Jun 16, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	50 min
Jun 16, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	42 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	46 min
Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	39 min
Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	66 min
Jun 16, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	43 min
Jun 16, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Rankin	68 min
Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	30 min
Jun 16, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	51 min
Jun 16, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	59 min
Jun 16, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	87 min
Jun 17, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	28 min
Jun 17, 10:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin and 17 more	10 hr
Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	42 min
Jun 17, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	52 min
Jun 17, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	44 min
Jun 17, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	41 min
Jun 17, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	49 min
Jun 17, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	62 min
Jun 17, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	39 min
Jun 17, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	56 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jones	53 min
Jun 17, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	57 min
Jun 17, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	56 min
Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	62 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones, Smith	3 hr
Jun 17, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jones	32 min
Jun 17, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington	63 min
Jun 17, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	50 min
Jun 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	59 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.