Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1010 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2001

NOT MUCH GOING ON ALONG...RIGHT NOW. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AHEAD
OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT AT 15Z LOOKS TO BE WELL WEST OF HERE
TOWARDS SHREVEPORT. A FEW TSTORMS ONGOING OVER FAR EAST TX SOUTH OF
THIS BULLSEYE AS ONE WOULD EXPECT. ACROSS OUR AREA....PLENTY OF
ONGOING INSOLATION LENDING TO AN AXIS OF -4 LI/S FROM VICKSBURG...TO
JACKSON...TO COLUMBUS AS DEW PTS REMAIN WELL INTO THE 60S. GOOD
INSOLATION/DESTABILIZATION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WILL COINCIDE WITH
SOME WEAK FRONTAL CONVERGENCE TO POP A FEW STORMS. FEEL CURRENT
20-30 POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON LOOKS VERY REASON5ABLE AND FORESEE NO
MAJOR CHANGES TO ONGOING FORECAST. WILL DO AN UPDATE HOWEVER TO
REMOVE TEMPORAL WORDING.

.JAN...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
136 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH
LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF A WINNSBORO TO CANTON TO
MACON LINE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. NON-
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FARTHER NORTH...GENERALLY
SOUTH OF A BASTROP TO LEXINGTON TO COLUMBUS LINE.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY TO THE SOUTH OF A
WINNSBORO TO CANTON TO MACON LINE.

A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ALONG THE FRONT.

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