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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS

February 11, 20245 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2024, 10:42 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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: Feb 11, 2024, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 2024, 11:18 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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
Feb 11, 6:56 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

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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 Feb 11, 9:37 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 9:37 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 11, 8:33 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
833 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

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

0514 PM     Hail             6 ESE LeTourneau        32.19N 90.84W
02/11/2024  E2.00 inch       Warren             MS   Public

            Social media photo taken along Dudley Rd.

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Feb 11, 8:37 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
837 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

MSZ048-053-054-059-120345-
Jefferson MS-Copiah MS-Hinds MS-Claiborne MS-
837 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE...EASTERN
JEFFERSON...SOUTH CENTRAL HINDS AND COPIAH COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM
CST...

At 837 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Blue Hill, or 10 miles east of Fayette, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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...
  Pleasant Hill, Allen, Peyton, Barlow, and Mcbride around 845 PM
  CST.
  Glancy and Dentville around 900 PM CST.
  Hazlehurst around 905 PM CST.
  Crystal Springs and Gallman around 910 PM CST.
  Hopewell around 925 PM CST.
  Terry around 935 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for central, south
central and southwestern Mississippi.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 9093 3187 9091 3214 9029 3182 9015
      3170 9063 3170 9073 3167 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 243DEG 39KT 3173 9088

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

86

Local storm report, Feb 11, 8:39 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
839 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

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

0220 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 E Madison             32.47N 90.08W
02/11/2024                   Madison            MS   Public

            Tree downed over Hoy Rd.

&&

DL

Local storm report, Feb 11, 8:51 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
851 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

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

0705 PM     Hail             2 E Lucern              32.51N 89.19W
02/11/2024  E0.70 inch       Newton             MS   Public

            Social media report.

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Feb 11, 9:25 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 9:56 PM CST, 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 11, 6:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	31 min
Feb 11, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	39 min
Feb 11, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Neshoba, Winston	26 min
Feb 11, 7:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Warren	3 hr
Feb 11, 7:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	40 min
Feb 11, 7:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	41 min
Feb 11, 7:52 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	38 min
Feb 11, 7:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leake	49 min
Feb 11, 8:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	57 min
Feb 11, 8:28 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	12 hr
Feb 11, 8:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	68 min
Feb 11, 9:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Simpson	3 hr
Feb 11, 9:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams, Franklin	65 min
Feb 11, 11:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	3 hr
Feb 11, 11:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	30 min
Feb 12, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar	27 min
Feb 12, 12:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln	34 min
Feb 12, 12:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	53 min
Feb 12, 12:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	82 min
Feb 12, 1:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Feb 12, 1:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	65 min
Feb 12, 1:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	5 days
Feb 12, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	46 min
Feb 12, 2:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	2 hr
Feb 12, 3:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	10 days
Feb 12, 8:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	8 days
Feb 12, 8:08 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	4 days
Feb 12, 11:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	4 days
Feb 12, 11:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Feb 12, 11:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	5 days
Feb 12, 11:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	24 hr
Feb 11, 6:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula	59 min
Feb 11, 6:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	20 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.