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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Jackson, MS

August 17, 20244 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2024, 1:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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 17, 2024, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2024, 2:01 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 17, 1:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 1:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 12:40 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 1:28 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones32 min
Aug 17, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin63 min
Aug 17, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin15 min
Aug 17, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence36 min
Aug 17, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke46 min
Aug 17, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones50 min
Aug 17, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones22 min
Aug 17, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington32 min
Aug 17, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne48 min
Aug 17, 1:48 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 34 more30 hr
Aug 17, 1:48 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryJANClay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more30 hr
Aug 17, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke41 min
Aug 17, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest44 min
Aug 17, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke28 min
Aug 17, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper33 min
Aug 17, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence27 min
Aug 17, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence24 min
Aug 17, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln24 min
Aug 17, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANTensas24 min
Aug 17, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCatahoula29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.