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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2024, 4:50 PM CDT for Clay County, Oktibbeha County, Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 2, 2024, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2024, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Webster County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Aug 2, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:08 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
408 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024
MSZ030-031-022145-
Lowndes MS-Clay MS-
408 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL CLAY AND
NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT...
At 408 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of West Point, moving east at 25 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 hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Kolola Springs and Columbus AFB around 415 PM CDT.
Caledonia around 425 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3355 8828 3360 8866 3368 8866 3368 8850
3367 8849 3366 8852 3365 8851 3366 8850
3366 8846 3368 8843 3367 8842 3369 8839
3369 8837 3372 8833 3374 8833 3374 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 271DEG 21KT 3369 8857
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CESpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 4:42 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 54 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.