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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

February 12, 2025Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 12, 2025, 2:13 PM CST for Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
Feb 12, 2025, 2:13 PM CST (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 2025, 3:00 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 12, 12:04 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Feb 12, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2025-02-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2025-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -182 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

979 
WUUS54 KJAN 122013
SVRJAN
MSC001-063-122100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0021.250212T2013Z-250212T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
213 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Jefferson County in southwestern Mississippi...
  Northeastern Adams County in southwestern Mississippi...

* Until 300 PM CST.

* At 213 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Natchez,
  moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Church Hill, Stanton, and Stampley around 220 PM CST.
  Fayette around 230 PM CST.
  Lorman and Red Lick around 235 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for northeastern
Louisiana...and southwestern Mississippi. A Tornado Watch also
remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for northeastern Louisiana...and
southwestern Mississippi.

&&

LAT...LON 3162 9146 3161 9142 3162 9140 3169 9140
      3175 9132 3175 9127 3177 9126 3177 9130
      3187 9117 3186 9101 3183 9084 3179 9085
      3179 9083 3171 9080 3161 9105 3161 9115
      3157 9116 3149 9134 3157 9141 3159 9140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 230DEG 38KT 3161 9134 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

EC
1 follow-up statement
592 
WWUS54 KJAN 122027
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
227 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

MSC001-063-122100-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250212T2100Z/
Jefferson MS-Adams MS-
227 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

At 227 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Church Hill, or
8 miles west of Fayette, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Fayette and Stampley around 230 PM CST.
  Lorman and Red Lick around 235 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for southwestern
Mississippi. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 1000 PM CST
for northeastern Louisiana...and southwestern Mississippi.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3175 9132 3175 9127 3177 9126 3177 9130
      3187 9117 3186 9101 3183 9084 3179 9085
      3179 9083 3171 9080 3161 9105 3161 9115
      3157 9116 3149 9134 3165 9131
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 230DEG 38KT 3171 9120 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

EC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 8:50 PM CSTFlood WatchJANAdams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 30 more23 hr
Feb 12, 9:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren16 days
Feb 12, 9:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Yazoo21 days
Feb 12, 9:42 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANCopiah, Simpson7 days
Feb 12, 9:42 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence8 days
Feb 12, 9:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake4 days
Feb 12, 9:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala34 hr
Feb 12, 9:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake9 days
Feb 12, 9:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake21 days
Feb 12, 9:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake21 days
Feb 12, 1:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion56 min
Feb 12, 1:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar45 min
Feb 12, 2:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson61 min
Feb 12, 2:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson21 min
Feb 12, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson45 min
Feb 12, 3:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith55 min
Feb 12, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah51 min
Feb 12, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson56 min
Feb 12, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln47 min
Feb 12, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln45 min
Feb 12, 4:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion30 min
Feb 12, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson56 min
Feb 12, 4:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Jefferson and 4 more2 hr
Feb 12, 5:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Simpson, Smith55 min
Feb 12, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith52 min
Feb 12, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones65 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.