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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

January 12, 20246 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2024, 8:59 AM CST for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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
Jan 12, 2024, 8:59 AM CST (14:59 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2024, 10:00 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Scott County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 12, 3:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2024-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2024-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 576 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
576 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
685 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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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 Jan 12, 8:49 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 8:49 AM CST, 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 8:11 AM CST, 48 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
811 AM CST Fri Jan 12 2024

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

0730 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Indianola           33.46N 90.65W
01/12/2024                   Sunflower          MS   Law Enforcement

            Reports of multiple trees and power lines
            downed along hwy 48 and hwy 82.

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 8:26 AM CST, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 12, 8:40 AM CST, 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 12, 8:44 AM CST, 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 12, 8:50 AM CST, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 5:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington59 min
Jan 12, 5:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington48 min
Jan 12, 6:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington63 min
Jan 12, 6:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower35 min
Jan 12, 6:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Leflore40 min
Jan 12, 6:56 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo50 min
Jan 12, 7:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 3 more59 min
Jan 12, 7:25 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes50 min
Jan 12, 7:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery68 min
Jan 12, 7:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo54 min
Jan 12, 8:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster53 min
Jan 12, 8:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Madison, Warren52 min
Jan 12, 8:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Simpson and 1 more64 min
Jan 12, 8:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson44 min
Jan 12, 8:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Winston46 min
Jan 12, 9:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJANClay, Lowndes52 min
Jan 12, 9:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton62 min
Jan 12, 9:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee60 min
Jan 12, 2:37 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 28 more44 hr
Jan 12, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland, West Carroll42 min
Jan 12, 6:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley42 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.