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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, MS

July 18, 200647 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this heat advisory at Jul 18, 2006, 3:13 PM CDT for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 19, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2006, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 19, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 19, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
All 58 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, 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, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 18, 3:01 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:01 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
301 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

.DISCUSSION...CURRENT CONDITIONS REMAIN HOT WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION
AROUND WITH A FEW STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS OUT THERE. THIS ACTIVITY
IS OCCURRING AS A SUBTLE DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH AROUND THE UPPER
RIDGE. THERE IS ALSO A LITTLE UPPER JET SUPPORT WITH A WEAK SHEAR
AXIS SETTING UP AND A BIT OF LEFT FRONT QUAD ACTION. WE ALSO HAVE
NEARLY 20KTS OF FLOW AT H5 WHICH IS SUPPORTING UPDRAFT ROTATION.
FINALLY...THE CRAZY HOT TEMPS ARE RESULTING IN STEEP LAPSE RATES
WHICH IS ALSO A FACTOR IN THE MORE POTENT CONVECTION. EXPECT THIS
ACTIVITY TO PERSISTS THROUGH MID EVENING AS IT SINKS SOUTHWARD. THE
MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY WILL MOST LIKELY BE S OF I-20 BY THE START
OF THE TONIGHT PERIOD AND THAT IS WHERE THE BEST POPS WILL BE
LOCATED.

OVERNIGHT...SKIES WILL CLEAR BUT TEMPS WILL BE SLOW TO FALL AND THE
CWA WILL SEE ANOTHER WARM MORNING WITH LOWS IN THE MID 70S. THIS
WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER QUICK WARM UP ON WED AND 90-95 DEGREES BY 10 AM
AND NOON. GUIDANCE IS OFFERING A BIT BETTER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ON
WED AND THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TWO THINGS. FIRST...HIGHER HEAT
INDEX A FEW PLACES TODAY HAVE HELD ONTO 105-107 HIS AND I FEEL
THAT WED WILL OFFER MORE AREAS IN THIS RANGE. AS A RESULT...WILL
HOIST A HEAT ADV FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SECONDLY...THE BETTER MOISTURE
WILL LEAD TO HIGHER INSTABILITY. THE COOL TEMPS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
TO LEAD TO STEEP LAPSE RATES AS WE HEAT UP TO THE UPPER 90S AND
AROUND 100. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A BETTER MID-LEVEL S/W ROTATE DOWN
WITH 20KTS OF FLOW AGAIN AT H5. ALL THIS IS SETTING UP FOR A
SLIGHTLY MORE ACTIVE DAY CONVECTION WISE. AGAIN...ISO/SCT STRONG SVR
CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED AND WILL MENTION IN THE HWO. AS FOR
POPS...YESTERDAYS THINKING THAT GUI WAS TOO LOW AND IT WOULD LIKELY
COME UP HAS WORKED OUT AND GUI IS NOW 30-40% FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE CWA. THAT LOOKS GOOD AND WILL FOLLOW.   /CME/

TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY...ON THURSDAY THE PERSISTENT MID-UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CENTERED OVER THE PLAINS WITH A RIDGE
EXTENDING EAST OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE GFS ROTATES A 40 TO
45KT U/L JET AROUND THE U/L HIGH THURSDAY...BUT DRY AIR MOVING INTO
THE AREA SHOULD INHIBIT MOST OF THE CONVECTION EXCEPT JUST SOME
ISOLATED. ON FRIDAY THE GFS AND THE NAM INDICATE THAT THE RIDGE OVER
THE PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO LOOSE ITS GRIP OVER THE ARKLAMISS AS IT
BEGINS TO SHIFT WEST AND THE TROUGH SWINGING DOWN OVER THE OHIO
VALLEY DEEPENS OVER THE EAST. BY SATURDAY THE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO
PUSH A SURFACE BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE ARKLAMISS AND BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON IT WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA. WITH PWATS ABOVE 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AND THE
FOCUS OF THE BOUNDARY...SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN
WE HAVE HAD IN A WHILE.

EXPECT THERE WILL BE GOOD COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY
AS THE FRONT WILL BE STALLED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OUR
AREA. THE GFS INDICATES THAT THERE SHOULD STILL BE PLENTY OF
MOISTURE AROUND WITH 2 INCH PLUS PWATS AGAIN OVER THE AREA. LITTLE
WILL CHANGE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
CONTINUE WITH LOTS OF MOISTURE. STUCK CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR POPS
THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH JUST A TWEAK HERE AND THERE MAINLY DURING
THE NIGHTTIME PERIODS AS GUIDANCE KEEPS HIGH POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT
WHEN THERE REALLY IS NOT ANYTHING TO SUPPORT IT.

TEMPERATURES ARE ANOTHER THING...GUIDANCE HAS PERSISTENTLY BEEN TO
LOW FOR HIGHS ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS AND THIS TREND LOOKS TO HAVE
CONTINUED. 850MB TEMPERATURES COOL SLIGHTLY LATER THIS WEEK...BUT
GUIDANCE IS INDICATING THAT HIGHS WILL COOL INTO THE LOW 90S. LINING
UP THE FORECASTED H850/H925 TEMPS WITH CLIMO...HIGHS SHOULD STILL
REACH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. WITH ALL OF THIS IN MIND WILL STAY
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS...BUT WILL INCREASE AFTERNOON
HIGHS SIGNIFICANTLY ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-20 ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
WITH THE INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WILL STICK CLOSER TO GUIDANCE...BUT WILL
STILL GO NEAR CLIMO HIGHS WHICH IS A COUPLE OF DEGREES HIGHER./15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       76  98  73  98 /  14  42  20  10
MERIDIAN      74 100  73  99 /  14  33  16   8
VICKSBURG     75  99  73 100 /  12  36  24  12
HATTIESBURG   75  97  73  96 /  29  47  25  18
NATCHEZ       76  95  75  99 /  25  36  34  25
GREENVILLE    75 100  74 100 /   5  14   5   4
GREENWOOD     74 100  73  99 /   5  17   5   4

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MSZ018-MSZ019-
     MSZ025-MSZ026-MSZ027-MSZ028-MSZ029-MSZ030-MSZ031-MSZ032-
     MSZ033-MSZ034-MSZ035-MSZ036-MSZ037-MSZ038-MSZ039-MSZ040-
     MSZ041-MSZ042-MSZ043-MSZ044-MSZ045-MSZ046-MSZ047-MSZ048-
     MSZ049-MSZ050-MSZ051-MSZ052-MSZ053-MSZ054-MSZ055-MSZ056-
     MSZ057-MSZ058-MSZ059-MSZ060-MSZ061-MSZ062-MSZ063-MSZ064-
     MSZ065-MSZ066-MSZ072-MSZ073-MSZ074.

LA...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR LAZ007-LAZ008-
     LAZ009-LAZ015-LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ024-LAZ025-LAZ026.

AR...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ074-ARZ075.

&&

SHORT TERM: CME
LONG  TERM: 15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 10:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
200 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 PM     LIGHTNING        4 WSW RAYMOND           32.24N 90.49W
07/18/2006                   HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A CHURCH AND CAUGHT IT ON FIRE. CHURCH
            IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF DUPREE ROAD AND OLD
            PORT GIBSON ROAD.

0150 PM     HAIL             4 WSW RAYMOND           32.24N 90.49W
07/18/2006  E0.75 INCH       HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZED HAIL ESTIMATED AT INTERSECTION OF DUPREE ROAD
            AND OLD PORT GIBSON ROAD 4 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
            RAYMOND, MS.

&&

JFAIRLY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds26 min
Jul 18, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba40 min
Jul 18, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin32 min
Jul 18, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln33 min
Jul 18, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin27 min
Jul 18, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln28 min
Jul 18, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington35 min
Jul 18, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence23 min
Jul 18, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis35 min
Jul 18, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah34 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2006Heat Advisories in Louisiana, 2006Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2006Every heat advisory in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.