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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Jackson, MS

June 4, 20244 counties in Mississippi; Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2024, 3:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi; Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. 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 4, 2024, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2024, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Concordia Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 4, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -457 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 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 Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:15 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:18 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
218 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

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

1015 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SSE Pine Ridge        31.61N 91.33W
06/03/2024                   Adams              MS   Emergency Mngr

            A few trees down along Foster Mound Road.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:38 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
238 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

LAZ016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059-060-042045-
Tensas LA-Madison LA-Concordia LA-Catahoula LA-Franklin LA-Adams MS-
Jefferson MS-Warren MS-Claiborne MS-
238 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT TENSAS...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...
CONCORDIA...CENTRAL CATAHOULA AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN PARISHES...
SOUTHERN WARREN...CLAIBORNE...JEFFERSON AND ADAMS COUNTIES THROUGH
345 PM CDT...

At 237 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Tallulah to near
Walters. Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Vicksburg, Ferriday, Newellton, Clayton, Mound, Larto, Lake Bruin,
  Somerset, Helena, and Lee Bayou around 245 PM CDT.
  Natchez, St. Joseph, Ridgecrest, Waterproof, Monterey, Spokane,
  and Le Tourneau around 250 PM CDT.
  Vidalia, Deer Park, and Yokena around 255 PM CDT.
  Alcorn State and Church Hill around 300 PM CDT.
  Port Gibson, Reganton, Rocky Springs, Slocum, Lorman, and Stanton
  around 305 PM CDT.
  Fayette, Hermanville, Pattison, Cranfield, Sibley, Red Lick, and
  Stampley around 310 PM CDT.
  Kingston and Mcnair around 315 PM CDT.
  Blue Hill and Peyton around 320 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Delta and Richmond.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3153 9201 3246 9113 3246 9097 3242 9096
      3245 9078 3236 9069 3219 9074 3161 9074
      3161 9115 3135 9116 3132 9147 3123 9149
      3123 9157 3113 9163 3104 9157 3109 9172
      3120 9168 3129 9189 3123 9192 3123 9199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 291DEG 43KT 3239 9112 3147 9198

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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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 3, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	29 min
Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	28 min
Jun 3, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	53 min
Jun 3, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	24 min
Jun 3, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	37 min
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	80 min
Jun 3, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	77 min
Jun 3, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	27 min
Jun 3, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	25 min
Jun 3, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	33 min
Jun 3, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	76 min
Jun 3, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	72 min
Jun 3, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	81 min
Jun 3, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	41 min
Jun 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	70 min
Jun 3, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	74 min
Jun 3, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	25 min
Jun 3, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	31 min
Jun 4, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Smith	43 min
Jun 4, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Jones	52 min
Jun 4, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	50 min
Jun 4, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	67 min
Jun 4, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren	63 min
Jun 4, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	41 min
Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	52 min
Jun 4, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson	58 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	57 min
Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	62 min
Jun 4, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	59 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison, Scott	58 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	65 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion	63 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	44 min
Jun 4, 6:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	6 days
Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	64 min
Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Smith	59 min
Jun 3, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	82 min
Jun 3, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse	66 min
Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	64 min
Jun 3, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	71 min
Jun 3, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Madison, Tensas	69 min
Jun 4, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	27 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.