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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 506, NWS Jackson, MS

July 14, 20234 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 2:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 14, 2023, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 14, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:26 AM CDT, 10 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
940 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     Flash Flood      Wahalak                 32.91N 88.53W
07/13/2023                   Kemper             MS   Broadcast Media

            Roads flooded and a hunting camp flooded in
            the Wahalak area.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
944 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     Flood            4 ENE Mashulaville      33.10N 88.68W
07/13/2023                   Noxubee            MS   Dept of Highways

            MS Hwy 14 was flooded near the Noxubee
            River.

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:14 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
214 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

MSZ030-031-033-142000-
Lowndes MS-Oktibbeha MS-Clay MS-
214 PM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Oktibbeha, southeastern Clay and central Lowndes Counties through 300
PM CDT...

At 214 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Starkville, moving southwest at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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 northeastern
Oktibbeha, southeastern Clay and central Lowndes Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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.

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LAT...LON 3357 8827 3336 8878 3357 8890 3356 8862
      3366 8849 3366 8846 3368 8843 3367 8842
      3369 8839 3369 8837 3372 8833 3374 8833
      3374 8826 3373 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 057DEG 16KT 3347 8880

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JNE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	51 min
Jul 14, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	46 min
Jul 14, 2:19 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	30 hr
Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Webster	25 min
Jul 14, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	29 min
Jul 14, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	2 hr
Jul 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	45 min
Jul 14, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	30 min
Jul 14, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	25 min
Jul 14, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	34 min

Nearby

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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.