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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2024, 5:48 PM CDT for Copiah County, Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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 3, 2024, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Copiah County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 3, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
516 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
MSZ055-032245-
Simpson MS-
516 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SIMPSON COUNTY THROUGH
545 PM CDT...
At 516 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Union, or 11 miles southwest of Mendenhall, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Pinola and Shivers around 520 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3178 9009 3193 9015 3201 8996 3181 8988
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 251DEG 15KT 3188 9005
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
19Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:34 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
534 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
MSZ062-032300-
Lincoln MS-
534 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH
600 PM CDT...
At 534 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
West Lincoln, or 7 miles southwest of Brookhaven, moving northeast at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Brookhaven and Loyd Star around 540 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3148 9063 3156 9063 3170 9048 3153 9031
3142 9058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 230DEG 19KT 3153 9054
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Oktibbeha | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 23 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.