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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 20254 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2025, 7:58 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 62 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
May 2, 2025, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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
May 2, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 00:00Z on 2025-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1541 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2025-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada53 min
May 2, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba66 min
May 2, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson54 min
May 2, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin64 min
May 2, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Simpson and 1 more63 min
May 2, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones55 min
May 3, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston52 min
May 3, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale49 min

Nearby

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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.