Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
645 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001

INTENSE BACK-BUILDING MESOSCALE COVECTIVE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EVOLVE
SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OVER CNTRL AND ECNTRL MS. REPORTS ARE COMING IN OF
UP TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS OVER ATTALA COUNTY...
PRODUCING MAJOR FLOODING. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO BREAK OFF CENTRAL
GROUPING TO MENTION LOCAL FLOODING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN THREAT.

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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 PM CDT WED APR 04 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST
OF A GREENWOOD TO CARTHAGE TO RALEIGH LINE. ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LAKE VILLAGE
ARKANSAS TO PRENTISS MISSISSIPPI LINE. NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE NORTHEAST OF A WINNSBORO LOUISIANA TO BROOKHAVEN LINE. THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT WILL
COMBINE TO ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...PARTICULARLY OVER
EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE REQUIRED OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL PORTIONS EARLY TONIGHT.

...FLOODING...
LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY EAST OF A KOSCIUSKO TO RALEIGH LINE AND SOUTH
OF A KOSCIUSKO TO MACON LINE...INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL TRAIN OVER THE SAME
AREAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OUTLOOK.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001

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

1030 AM    MERIDIAN                  MS   0.88 INCH HAIL
04/04/01   LAUDERDALE                     RPTD BY EMERGENCY
                                          SERVICES AMBULANCE

1155 AM    1 W BROOKSVILLE           MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01   NOXUBEE                        RPTD BY WATER
                                          DEPARTMENT

1205 PM    NEW HOPE                  MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01   LOWNDES                        REPORTED BY COUNTY 911

1224 PM    1 W COLUMBUS              MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/04/01   LOWNDES                        RPTD BY COUNTY 911

1240 PM    NEW HOPE                  MS   0.88 INCH HAIL
04/04/01   LOWNDES                        REPORTED BY COUNTY 911

0214 PM    6 S KOSCIUSKO             MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/04/01   ATTALA                         RPTD BY CIVIL DEFENSE

0417 PM    DIXON                     MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/01   NESHOBA                        BARN DESTROYED BY HIGH
                                          WINDS RPTD BY 911

0420 PM    14 SW PHILADELPHIA        MS   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/04/01   NESHOBA                        RPTD BY COUNTY 911

0420 PM    14 SW PHILADELPHIA        MS   WIND SPEED 80MPH
04/04/01   NESHOBA                        RPTD BY 911

0430 PM    PHILADELPHIA              MS   FLOOD
04/04/01   NESHOBA                        EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF
                                          ROADS

0445 PM    UNION              x       MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/01   NEWTON                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN RPTD BY CD