Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1035 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY
INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. STRONG CONVECTION NOTED ACROSS
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST AHEAD
OF THE FRONT OVERNIGHT. SO HAVE DELAYED CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR
AFTER MIDNIGHT ELSEWHERE.

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

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

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

0706 PM    4NW LAUREL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
03/15/02   JONES                          S.O. REPORTED THE
                                          FOLLOWING DESTROYED.
                                          MIDDLE SCHOOL...HIGH
                                          SCHOOL GYM...ONE
                                          HOUSE...ONE TRAILER
                                          HOUSE.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
161200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
920 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT
OVER
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. THERE IS
A THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MILES AN HOUR...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE
REGION THIS EVENING. WITH EVENING DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO
LOWER 70S...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT OVER
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF
MISSISSIPPI. OVERNIGHT
...COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING
UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES AND A FRONTAL SYSTEM TO RESULT IN
SCATTERED
DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.  GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS
JUST OFF THE EARTHS SURFACE...AN APPROACHING POCKET OF DRY AIR
AROUND 10000 FEET...AND STRONG JET STREAM WINDS...SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME SEVERE.

THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR...THEN BEGIN MOVING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY.
 WITH THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINING WARM...MOIST...AND
UNSTABLE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A
POSSIBILITY.

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

...FLOODING...
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT.  WITH DISTURBANCES RIDING ALONG THE
FRONT...LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH MAY
OCCUR.	THIS WILL RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA
ROADWAYS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE
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
1009 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002

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

1005 PM    BONITA                    LA   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/15/02   MOREHOUSE                      NWS TRAINED SPOTTER
                                          REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL.