Severe Thunderstorm Warning 556, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
345 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

MODELS ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL PATTERN WITH STRONG
TROFFING TAKING PLACE OVER THE EASTERN US THUS DRIVING A "COLD" FRONT
AND SEASONABLY DRY AIRMASS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE LOWER MS VALLEY
REGION FOR THIS WEEKEND.

FOR TONIGHT...VERY ACTIVE WEATHER WITH A HIGHLY UNSTABLE MOIST
AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA AHEAD OF THE SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE TN
VALLEY REGION WITH TSTM COMPLEX DEVELOPING. WILL MENTION SEVERE TSTM
POSSIBLITIES IN NRN/E ZONES TONIGHT AS FRONT AND COMPLEX CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP SOUTHWARD AND WITH WATCH CURRENTLY IN PLACE. ALSO...TSTMS
CURRENTLY OVER ERN MS/WRN AL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PROPAGATE
WESTWARD THRU LATE AFTN/EVENING. WILL NEED TO MAKE LAST MINUTE
ALIGNMENT OF ZONES AND POPS BASED ON LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS AND
MESOSCALE ANALYSES.

FOR FRIDAY...THE FRONT AND INSTABILITY AXIS ARE PROGGED TO CONTINUE
DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD WITH FOCUS ON CNTRL/SRN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. MINOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AVN/ETA IN FRONTAL/MOISTURE
PROGRESSION WITH ETA A LITTLE SLOW. GIVEN STRENGTH OF TROF
DEVELOPING OVER ERN US...BELIEVE ETA IS TOO SLOW AND WILL TREND MORE
TOWARDS AVN IN DETAILS...MEANING A QUICKER END TO ANY CONVECTIVE
CHANCES OVER NRN ZONES. STILL...CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN NORTHWARD
EXTENT OF TSTM DEVELOPMENT DURING DAY FRIDAY AND WILL REFRAIN FROM
GOING A WHOLE LOT ABOVE GUIDANCE POPS FOR CNTRL/SRN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA.

FRI NIGHT THRU SAT NIGHT...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A MUCH DRIER
AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA WITH SFC DEWPOINTS PROGGED TO DROP
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S BY SAT AFTN ALONG WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES BELOW ONE INCH. BIGGEST QUESTION WILL BE TEMPS AS ETA PROGS
20 DEG C 850MB TEMPS SAT AFTN WHILE AVN PROGS 15 DEG C TEMPS. AVN
SEEMS A LITTLE COOL IN THIS RESPECT WITH EXPECTED VERY STRONG LOW
LEVEL MIXING AND WILL TREND CLOSER TO WARMER ETA/FWC HIGHS SATURDAY.
WILL ADD LESSER HUMIDITY WORDING TO ZONES TO REFLECT DRYING TREND.

QPF DISCUSSION...MODELS SEEM TO BE UNDERESTIMATING INSTABILITY AND
CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION. AM LEANING TOWARDS .25 TO .50 INCH
AVERAGES OVER NRN/ERN BASINS FOR 00Z TO 06Z TONIGHT AND .25 TO .50
INCH AVERAGES OVER CNTRL/SRN BASINS FOR 18Z FRI TO 00Z SAT.

EXTENDED FORECAST...DRY AIRMASS AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
MAINTAIN CONTROL ON THE WEATHER SUNDAY. MODELS STILL INDICATE
DEEPENING SOUTHEAST FLOW AND MOISTURE RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY
CREATING A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. WILL
KEEP SUNDAY DRY AND MENTION TSTM CHANCES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
JAN 071/098 069/095 441-
MEI 072/098 067/093 441-

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
758 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM                              MS   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   KEMPER                         TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN
                                          PART OF COUNTY REPORTED BY
                                          DEKALB PD

0455 PM    5 NE LAUREL               MS   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   JONES                          TREES DOWN REPORTED BY CD

0557 PM    PETAL                     MS   .88 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   FORREST                        NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

0600 PM    LAUREL                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   JONES                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN...A ROOF WAS BLOWN
                                          100 YDS REPORTED BY CD

0600 PM    LAUREL                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   JONES                          DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          CD

0625 PM                              MS   .75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   NESHOBA                        DIME SIZE HAIL IN NE
                                          CORNER OF COUNTY REPORTED
                                          BY CD

0645 PM    3 S COLUMBIA              MS   .75 INCH HAIL
08/10/00   MARION                         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SO

0650 PM    8 E PHILADELPHIA          MS   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   NESHOBA                        TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          16 REPORTED BY CD

0730 PM             e                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
08/10/00   LAWRENCE                       TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
                                          REPORTED BY SO

MSZ026-028>033-110235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STATUS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
904 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 677 FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 677 HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI:

LOWNDES...WEBSTER...GRENADA...MONTGOMERY...CLAY...OKTIBBEHA AND
CHOCTAW.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
EXIST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AFTER 900 PM AND WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.

CONTINUE TO STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION VIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE T.V AND RADIO
STATIONS.