Severe Thunderstorm Warning 328, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1135 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004

.DISCUSSION...THE AIRMASS HAS RAPIDLY DESTABILIZED THIS MORNING AND
WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH...STORMS ARE
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY...SOME ALREADY SEVERE. MORNING JAN SOUNDING
INDICATES IMPRESSIVE LAPSE RATES WITH POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURSTS.
HIGH PRECIP WATER AIRMASS IS SUPPORTIVE OF LOCAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
WILL NEED TO WATCH LARGE OUTFLOW APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AS IT
WILL INTERACT WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE/MOIST AIR ALONG AND W OF THE MS
RIVER THIS AFTN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAS BEEN UPDATED TO
REFLECT INCREASING RISK FOR SVR WX AND HEAVY RAIN. FORECAST GRIDS
ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
291640-
ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW-
CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL-
FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS-
ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR-
LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA-
MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE-
OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER-
TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO-
1140 AM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TO THE NORTH OF A BASTROP...LOUISIANA...TO ROLLING
FORK...TO KOSCIUSKO...TO DE KALB LINE. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS.

SOUTH OF THIS AREA...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION
THIS MORNING. BOUNDARIES FROM THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES OVER
ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL
INTERACT ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE.
TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA...STRONG STORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...FLOODING...
THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION IS VERY MOIST...AND THIS
COMBINED WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS TODAY. THE GREATEST RISK OF LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
SEPTEMBER FOURTH.

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