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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

April 8, 2024Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Apr 8, 2024, 11:21 AM CDT for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2024, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2024, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 3204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 8, 10:21 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 10:21 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 8:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
839 AM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024

LAZ016-023-081415-
Madison LA-Franklin LA-
839 AM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MADISON AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN PARISHES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...

At 839 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Crowville, or 11 miles northeast of Winnsboro, moving northeast at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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...
  Bakers around 845 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3243 9134 3225 9135 3218 9155 3228 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 238DEG 26KT 3223 9154

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Apr 8, 11:21 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1121 AM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024

MSZ042-081645-
Yazoo MS-
1121 AM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN YAZOO COUNTY THROUGH
1145 AM CDT...

At 1121 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Little Yazoo, or 11 miles south of Yazoo City, moving northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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...
  Benton and Myrleville around 1125 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3288 8997 3286 8998 3283 9000 3283 9001
      3282 9002 3261 9040 3271 9050 3296 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 230DEG 35KT 3271 9035

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 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
Apr 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	31 min
Apr 8, 8:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	21 days
Apr 8, 9:56 AM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	57 hr
Apr 8, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	9 days
Apr 8, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower	56 min
Apr 8, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	35 min
Apr 8, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	32 min
Apr 8, 12:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Grenada	52 min
Apr 8, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	34 min
Apr 8, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	36 min
Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Tensas	37 min
Apr 7, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	26 min
Apr 7, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	37 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.