Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
935 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2001

ON SATELLITE STACKED LARGE UPPER LOW CONTINUES OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. A SHORTWAVE WAS PUSHING DOWN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...TOWARD
THE REGION FOR LATE TONIGHT. ON THE SURFACE A BOUNDARY/THETA-E
CONVERGENCE WAS NOTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHERE CONVECTION
WAS OCCURRING. TOWARD MORNING...SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST...COMBINED WITH BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH MOVING NORTH
OVERNIGHT...MAY TRIGGER SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION.
SO HAVE KEPT LOW POPS ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS APPEAR TO BE ON
TRACK. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE PUT IN LATE WORDING FOR CONVECTION IN
THE CENTRAL AND NORTH. THE REST OF FORECAST LOOKS OK.

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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
915 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT FROM
COLUMBIA TO HATTIESBURG AND POINTS SOUTH INCLUDING PURVIS AND
LUMBERTON. THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INTO NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS, THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARDS MORNING, BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, SMALL HAIL, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS MARION, LAMAR AND
FORREST COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...ACTIVATION OF
SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS IS NOT EXPECTED.

A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI MOST OF THE NIGHT, BEFORE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH BY
MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY LATER TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARDS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY.

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