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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Sep 23, 2005, 4:39 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Sep 24, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2005, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 4:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Warren County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KJAN 232139 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 439 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>062-240545- /X.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.050924T0500Z-050925T0100Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON-FRANKLIN- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO... JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...VICKSBURG...PORT GIBSON... FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 439 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST MISSISSIPPI FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. BY SATURDAY MORNING WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 45 MPH FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY AFFECTED WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BASTROP LOUISIANA TO VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI TO BROOKHAVEN. WITH PLENTY OF DAMAGE AROUND FROM KATRINA...WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES TO FALL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED NEAR 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KJAN 240242 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 942 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>062-241045- /X.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.050924T0500Z-050925T0100Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON-FRANKLIN- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO... JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...VICKSBURG...PORT GIBSON... FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 942 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE RITA MOVES INLAND NEAR THE TEXAS...LOUISIANA BORDER. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. BY SATURDAY MORNING SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL OCCUR IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WITH WET SOILS PRODUCED BY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE TREES TO BE DOWNED...SOME ON POWERLINES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED NEAR 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES. $$ AG
000 WWUS74 KJAN 240443 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1143 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>062-241245- /X.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.050924T0500Z-050925T0100Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON-FRANKLIN- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO... JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...VICKSBURG...PORT GIBSON... FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 1143 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE RITA MOVES INLAND NEAR THE TEXAS...LOUISIANA BORDER. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. BY SATURDAY MORNING SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL OCCUR IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WITH WET SOILS PRODUCED BY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE TREES TO BE DOWNED...SOME ON POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED NEAR 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES. $$ DHB
000 WWUS74 KJAN 240831 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 331 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>037-040>044-048>050-054>056- 063>066-072>074-241645- /X.NEW.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.050924T1200Z-050925T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL- MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- YAZOO-MADISON-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND... INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN... NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...GREENVILLE...BELZONI... ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... KOSCIUSKO...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY... RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...CARTHAGE...JACKSON...PEARL... BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS... HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL...TAYLORSVILLE... RALEIGH...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS...BASSFIELD... COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA...WEST HATTIESBURG... LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 331 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND OCCASIONALLY SQUALLY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON THE EASTERN FRINGES OF HURRICANE RITA TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES TODAY. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$ LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>062-241645- /X.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T0100Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON-FRANKLIN- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO... JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...VICKSBURG...PORT GIBSON... FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 331 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN FRINGES OF HURRICANE RITA ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS PERHAPS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI AREA ON SOUTH AND WEST. THESE WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DRIVING RAINS. WITH WET SOILS PRODUCED BY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE TREES TO BE DOWNED...SOME ON POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. $$ CRAVEN/11
000 WWUS74 KJAN 241616 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1116 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 MSZ040>043-048-049-054>056-063>066-072>074-250030- /X.CAN.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050925T0000Z/ /X.EXA.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T0100Z/ ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON-HINDS-RANKIN-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA... YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...JACKSON...PEARL... BRANDON...RICHLAND...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON... MAGEE...MENDENHALL...TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...MONTICELLO... NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS...BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE... LAUREL...COLUMBIA...WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS... HATTIESBURG 1116 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ON THE EASTERN FRINGES OF RITA TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA...WHICH COVERS LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM YAZOO CITY TO LAUREL TO HATTIESBURG. THESE WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE COMBINATION OF WET SOIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE TREES TO BE DOWNED...SOME ON POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. $$ LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059>062-250030- /X.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T0100Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON-FRANKLIN- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO... JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...VICKSBURG...PORT GIBSON... FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 1116 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN FRINGES OF HURRICANE RITA ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH GUSTS PERHAPS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI AREA ON SOUTH AND WEST. THESE WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DRIVING RAINS. WITH WET SOILS PRODUCED BY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE TREES TO BE DOWNED...SOME ON POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. $$ ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>028-034>037-044-050-250000- /X.CON.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050925T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL- MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-LEAKE-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND... INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN... NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...GREENVILLE...BELZONI... ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... KOSCIUSKO...CARTHAGE...FOREST...MORTON 1116 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND OCCASIONALLY SQUALLY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON THE EASTERN FRINGES OF HURRICANE RITA TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES TODAY. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$
000 WWUS74 KJAN 242336 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 636 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 MSZ042-043-048-049-053>055-059>063-250745- /X.CAN.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T0100Z/ /X.EXB.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050925T1200Z/ YAZOO-MADISON-HINDS-RANKIN-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-JEFFERSON- ADAMS-FRANKLIN-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON... CANTON...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...PORT GIBSON... CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL... FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN... MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON 636 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM RITA TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$ ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-250745- /X.CAN.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050925T0000Z/ /X.EXB.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T1200Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND... INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA 636 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN FRINGES OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM RITA WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF RAIN. WITH WET SOILS PRODUCED BY RAIN TODAY...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE TREES TOBE DOWNED...SOME ON POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. $$ MSZ056-064>066-072>074-250045- /X.CAN.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T0100Z/ SMITH-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 636 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF RITA MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH. $$ MSZ029-032-250745- /X.EXB.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050925T1200Z/ WEBSTER-CHOCTAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...ACKERMAN... WEIR 636 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTH TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM RITA TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$ LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ040-041-047-250745- /X.EXT.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T1200Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON-FRANKLIN- CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO... JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK... ANGUILLA...VICKSBURG 636 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN FRINGES OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM RITA WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PERIODS OF RAIN. WITH WET SOILS PRODUCED BY RAIN TODAY...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE TREES TOBE DOWNED...SOME ON POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH OR WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. $$ MSZ026>028-036-037-044-050-250745- /X.EXT.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050925T1200Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOLMES-ATTALA-LEAKE-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...WINONA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS... GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...CARTHAGE...FOREST...MORTON 636 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM RITA TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$
000 WWUS74 KJAN 250926 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 426 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040- 041-047-251730- /X.CAN.KJAN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-050925T1200Z/ /X.EXB.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050926T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER- LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA... VICKSBURG 426 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 82 TODAY AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$ MSZ030-031-033-038-039-045-046-051-052-056>058-064>066-072>074- 251730- /X.EXB.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050926T0000Z/ CLAY-LOWNDES-OKTIBBEHA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON- LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES- MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...STARKVILLE... LOUISVILLE...MACON...BROOKSVILLE...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER... DE KALB...SCOOBA...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA... MERIDIAN...TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG... QUITMAN...STONEWALL...SHUBUTA...PRENTISS...BASSFIELD...COLLINS... MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA...WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON... PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 426 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION RITA TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$ MSZ026>029-032-036-037-042>044-048>050-053>055-059>063-251730- /X.EXT.KJAN.LW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-050926T0000Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CHOCTAW-HOLMES-ATTALA-YAZOO- MADISON-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON- JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...ACKERMAN... WEIR...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... KOSCIUSKO...YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON... CARTHAGE...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST... MORTON...PORT GIBSON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON... MAGEE...MENDENHALL...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE... MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON 426 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG TO NORTH OF HIGHWAY 82. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSURE RITA WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH PLENTY OF WHITE CAPS ON AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. IN ADDITION...DUE TO ALL OF THE DAMAGED TREES AND BRANCHES... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE DEAD LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES. $$ 17
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Sep 23, 4:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 4:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
419 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
.DISCUSSION...
PLENTY TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM. WENT WITH A WIND ADVISORY
FOR WESTERN AREAS...EXPECTING WINDS AROUND NATCHEZ SUSTAINED NEAR 25
AND WITH GUSTS NEAR 50. MODEL SHOW 925 WINDS FROM 50 TO 60 FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL OF COURSE WATCH FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS AND ISSUES WARNINGS WHERE NEEDED. DECIDED TO LEAVE
THE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE ADVISORY FOR NOW...MAY SEE SOME GUSTS BUT
NOT LOOKING FOR THE SUSTAINED WINDS AT THIS TIME. AN SPS WILL BE
ISSUED TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEEN SLOW TO MOVE INTO THE AREA...SO LEFT ISOLATED SEVERE WORDING FOR
THE SOUTHERN ZONES AND BACKED OFF UNTIL THE MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL
SECTIONS. A FEW TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED SOUTH...SO A FEW
MAY MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES TONIGHT. ESPECIALLY WITH
850 WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROM 40 TO 50KTS. HEAVY RAIN WILL OF
COURSE BE A CONCERN...SO MAINTAINED THE FFA...MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER
EXPANDING FURTHER NORTH AND EAST...REALLY WAITING TO SEE WHERE RITA
WILL GO. BASICALLY WENT WITH GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS AND POPS. ADJUSTED
QPF A LITTLE...MAINLY FOR CONSISTENCY. OTHERWISE NO REAL CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST...MAY SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE TIMING AND MOVEMENT OF RITA.
THE REMNANTS OF RITA WILL ATTEMPT TO PHASE WITH A DISTURBANCE IN THE
WESTERLIES FAR TO THE NORTH ON SUNDAY...MOST LIKELY EDGING RITA
COINCIDENT WITH THE AXIS OF THE MS RIVER BEFORE THE DAY IS OUT. WITH
THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AROUND THE DYING TROPICAL SYSTEM...SUNDAY
WILL PROVE TO BE WET...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 55. TOTALS FOR
THE DAY OF ONE TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE HERE...WHICH COULD BRING
STORM TOTALS INTO THE RANGE WHERE FLOODING COULD BE AN ISOLATED
ISSUE. RAINFALL ELSEWHERE WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHTER SUNDAY ALTHOUGH
AN INCH OF PRECIP CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN ANY AREA DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD. ANOTHER ISSUE FOR SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING THE MIDDAY AND
AFTERNOON AFTERNOON HOURS...WILL BE THE LINGERING POTENTIAL FOR WEAK
TORNADOES. THE GFS SHOWS STRONG (> 40 KT) FLOW OVER A GOOD PORTION
OF THE CWA AT 925 AND 850 MB...WITH DECENT VEERING BETWEEN THESE
LEVELS TO BOOT. THE LATTER PARAMETERS WOULD BE ADEQUATE TO KICK OFF
SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES AS LONG AS THERE WAS A BIT OF INSTABILITY
AROUND...WHICH WILL BE A QUESTION MARK GIVEN GENERALLY OVERCAST
CONDITIONS EXPECTED. ALL THE RISKS FOR SUNDAY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN
THE HWO.
RITA WILL PROBABLY NOT BE PICKED UP BY THE WAVE AFFECTING IT
SUNDAY...SO IT WILL BE LEFT TO HANG AROUND THE REGION THROUGH AT
LEAST TUESDAY (AND PROBABLY EVEN WEDNESDAY). EXPECT THE CIRCULATION
TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY MONDAY WITH LITTLE TO NO TORNADIC RISK LEFT.
HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAIN WILL REMAIN INTACT AND
LIKELY POPS USED MOST ZONES. A MINOR FLOODING RISK MAY PERSIST
INTO MONDAY DEPENDING ON THE RAINFALL INTENSITY THAT OCCURS MONDAY
AND THE ANTECEDENT RAINFALL DAYS PRIOR. THOSE TWO VARIABLES ARE A
LITTLE UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW...WHICH IS LEADING TO LOW FORECASTER
CONFIDENCE FOR THE FLOOD THREAT ON MONDAY (AND EVEN INTO TUESDAY).
BETWEEN TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MODELS ARE FINALLY FORECASTING A STRONG
MID LEVEL WAVE IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW TO KICK THE REMNANTS OF RITA
OFF TO THE WEST. WHATS MORE...THE SAME SERIES OF SYSTEMS SHOULD
FINALLY BRING SOME SORT OF COLD FRONT DOWN INTO THE CWA BY THE END
OF THE WORK WEEK. CONFIDENCE IS NOT EXTREMELY HIGH THAT ANY COLD
FRONT WILL BRING A LASTING CHANGE IN THE WEATHER...BUT EVEN A
TEMPORARY TASTE OF EARLY FALL WOULD BE NICE. STAY TUNED. /BB/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 74 81 73 82 / 40 90 80 90
MERIDIAN 72 82 72 84 / 30 90 70 90
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR
MSZ053-MSZ059-MSZ060-MSZ061.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY FOR MSZ047-
MSZ053-MSZ059-MSZ060-MSZ061-MSZ062.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR
LAZ007-LAZ008-LAZ009-LAZ015-LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ024-LAZ025-
LAZ026.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT SATURDAY TO 8 PM SATURDAY FOR LAZ007-
LAZ008-LAZ009-LAZ015-LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ024-LAZ025-LAZ026.
AR...NONE.
&&
07/50Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 4:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 419 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 242119- 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- 419 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... AS THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF RITA MOVE INLAND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL REMAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. AS HURRICANE RITA GET CLOSER TO THE COAST...THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE...LEADING TO A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN RISK WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WITH RITA EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL OVERNIGHT...THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THE RISK OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS TO 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL SHIFT TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WINNSBORO TO HAZLEHURST TO HATTIESBURG. BY SATURDAY...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. AS HURRICANE RITA MOVES ON SHORE AND BEGINS TO TRACK NORTH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AREAS FROM GREENVILLE TO JACKSON TO HATTIESBURG MAY SEE STRONG WINDS TO 60 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE AREA...WHERE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. ...FLOODING... ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...IT MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS AREA. WITH PLENTY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE REGION...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AS RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE RITA MOVE INTO THE AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MAY APPROACH 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS MAY LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF AND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BASTROP TO CLAYTON LOUISIANA TO BUDE MISSISSIPPI. HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING WATER TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. ...NON PRECIPITATION... WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. AS HURRICANE RITA MOVES INLAND...STRONG WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. BY SATURDAY MORNING SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF LINE FROM BASTROP LOUISIANA TO VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI TO BROOKHAVEN. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 TO GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CLEVELAND TO JACKSON TO HATTIESBURG THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...FIRE DANGER... FIRE DANGER REMAINS HIGH FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST AREAS OF CONCERN REMAIN OVER SOUTH AND EAST MISSISSIPPI. BURN BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. THE MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION URGES EXTREME CAUTION...EVEN FOR AREAS WHERE BURN BANS ARE NOT IN EFFECT. THE FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY DECREASE OVER WEEKEND...WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... ...DAYS TWO AND THREE...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY...AS SPIRAL BANDS FROM HURRICANE RITA MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS FROM 60 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL COVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BY MONDAY MORNING. BURN BANS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SO THE FIRE DANGER RISKS WILL CONTINUE. INCREASED WINDS SPEEDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY INCREASE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL. ...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE RITA WILL CONTINUE TO HANG AROUND THE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK...PRODUCING INTERMITTENT AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS DURING THIS TIME OF A FEW INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED SPOTS...WHICH COULD EXACERBATE ANY MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS WHICH MAY OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. OTHERWISE...ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 4:15 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 240300- 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- 415 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005 ...EFFECTS OF HURRICANE RITA TO LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND... HURRICANE RITA IS CURRENTLY A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE MOVING NORTHWEST OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 125 MPH. THIS POWERFUL STORM IS STILL FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE SABINE RIVER ALONG THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA STATE LINE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE BEGINNING TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84...WHERE RAIN BANDS CONTAINING WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE RAIN BANDS... ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. WIND...RAIN...AND THE RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA TO BROOKHAVEN MISSISSIPPI ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST WIND AND THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. IN THIS AREA...WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED TROPICAL STORM FORCE...GREATER THAN 39 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ALSO... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS WEEKEND FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WHERE STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FARTHER EAST...IN THE GREENVILLE TO JACKSON TO HATTIESBURG AND LAUREL AREAS...HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR TORNADOES IN THIS AREA AS WELL. HURRICANE RITA WILL SLOW DOWN AND WEAKEN QUICKLY AFTER MOVING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. STEERING CURRENTS WILL BECOME VERY WEAK...AND THERE IS MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN FORECASTING THE STORMS PATH ONCE OVER LAND. SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO NORTH LOUISIANA AND MEANDER AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR...EVEN HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAN ADVERTISED COULD ADD UP OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MANY TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE WEAKENED DURING HURRICANE KATRINA AND THEY ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FALLING IN 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS. SO PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES. CHECK YOUR STOCK OF CANNED FOODS...FIRST AID SUPPLIES... DRINKING WATER AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. GET A WEATHER RADIO WITH BATTERY BACKUP...ITS YOUR MOST RELIABLE SOURCE FOR WEATHER WARNINGS AND INFORMATION. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS AS THIS WEATHER EPISODE UNFOLDS. EC/LM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 14 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.