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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS

March 15, 20247 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2024, 5:29 AM CDT for 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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: Mar 15, 2024, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2024, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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
Mar 15, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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 Mar 15, 5:15 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 5:15 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
204 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024

ARZ075-MSZ018-019-025-034-150800-
Chicot AR-Washington MS-Leflore MS-Sunflower MS-Bolivar MS-
204 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHICOT...NORTHERN
SUNFLOWER...NORTHWESTERN LEFLORE...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND
BOLIVAR COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM CDT...

At 204 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Rohwer, moving northeast at 50 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...
  Gunnison and Beulah around 225 AM CDT.
  Shelby and Deeson around 235 AM CDT.
  Duncan and Winstonville around 240 AM CDT.
  Alligator around 245 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Halley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3412 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045 3381 9045
      3379 9017 3372 9018 3339 9146 3356 9145
      3352 9125 3360 9113 3370 9122 3368 9103
      3373 9115 3378 9099 3397 9109 3396 9097
      3408 9087 3411 9094 3412 9095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 243DEG 44KT 3378 9133

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
257 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024

MSZ019-025>029-150900-
Carroll MS-Grenada MS-Leflore MS-Montgomery MS-Sunflower MS-
Webster MS-
257 AM CDT Fri Mar 15 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SUNFLOWER...NORTHWESTERN
CARROLL...GRENADA...LEFLORE...WESTERN WEBSTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 AM CDT...

At 257 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Water Valley to near Shaw. Movement was east at
45 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.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Doddsville, Sunnyside, Blaine, and Minter City around 300 AM CDT.
  Sunflower and Schlater around 305 AM CDT.
  Money around 315 AM CDT.
  Holcomb around 320 AM CDT.
  Grenada, Bew Springs, and Leflore around 325 AM CDT.
  Avalon around 330 AM CDT.
  Teoc around 345 AM CDT.
  Jefferson around 350 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 8951 3372 8951 3372 8921 3347 8936
      3345 8940 3348 9076 3354 9076 3381 9027
      3381 9018 3376 9019 3375 9030 3372 9031
      3370 9030 3370 9027 3374 9024 3372 9014
      3381 9014 3382 8993 3390 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 262DEG 38KT 3415 8966 3358 9070

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 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
Mar 15, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	56 min
Mar 15, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, Webster	63 min
Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys	57 min
Mar 15, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster	63 min
Mar 15, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery	59 min
Mar 15, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	64 min
Mar 15, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes	29 min
Mar 15, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	48 min
Mar 15, 7:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	41 min
Mar 15, 7:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	36 min
Mar 15, 7:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	24 min
Mar 15, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	27 min
Mar 15, 8:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	7 days
Mar 15, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper, Smith	35 min
Mar 15, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	35 min
Mar 15, 10:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	35 min
Mar 15, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Warren	47 min
Mar 15, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	17 min
Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	26 min
Mar 15, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	46 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.