Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Jackson, MS

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WWUS54 KJAN 202250
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
548 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

MSC087-202315-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-060420T2315Z/
LOWNDES MS-
548 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY...

AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLF 
BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS LARGE 
STORM WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR CALEDONIA...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF 
COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...THIS STORM COULD ALSO 
DROP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...RESULTING IN 
RAPID PONDING OF WATER.

LAT...LON 3366 8850 3352 8847 3353 8827 3374 8826
      3374 8830

$$

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WWUS54 KJAN 202316
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
615 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

MSC087-202325-
/O.EXP.KJAN.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-060420T2315Z/
LOWNDES MS-
615 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LOWNDES COUNTY WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING REMAINS INTENSE...BUT IT IS NOW 
PUSHING ENTIRELY INTO LAMAR COUNTY ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3366 8850 3352 8847 3353 8827 3374 8826
      3374 8830

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
358 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

...RAIN RETURNS TO THE AREA...AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER DECENT SHOT OF
SEVERE WEATHER...

LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE AND LIKELY
REMAIN NORTH OF I 20...POSSIBLY EVEN NORTH OF THE HWY 82 CORRIDOR.
THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE TSRA WILL BE THE NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BNDRYS...A
WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH AND THE GOOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT. ALSO
WITH DECENT INSTABILITY AND GOOD MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY RISK.
RAIN SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE SOUTH OF I 20 TILL
MIDDAY TOMORROW.

INTERESTING SETUP TOMORROW. A MAJORITY OF THE MDLS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE THE STRONG DISTURBANCE IN NM MOVING INTO THE STRHN PLAINS
AND THEN PHASING WITH THE CLOSED LOW OVER MN. THIS WILL MOVE INTO
THE AREA TOMORROW AND PROVIDE RATHER STRONG HEIGHT FALLS. ALSO THESE
SAME MDLS AGREE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SFC LOW OVER NE TX AND THEN
MOVING INTO NRN MS/SRN TN. THIS IS A FAVORABLE TRACK FOR A SFC
LOW...WHICH HELPS LOWER THE SFC PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TO BELOW
1010MB. THERE IS SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES BUT OVERALL GOOD AGREEMENT.
I LIKE THE STRENGTH AND PLACEMENT OF THE UKMET BUT THINK IT MAY BE
JUST A TAD TOO SLOW. GFS DOES HAVE A LITTLE FEEDBACK ISSUES MESSING
WITH THE WIND FIELD BUT OVERALL IT ISNT TOO BAD AS WELL. UNLIKE THE
UKMET IT MAY BE JUST A TAD TOO FAST. WILL USE A BLEND OF THE TWO
ESPECIALLY FOR TIMING ISSUES. THIS IS STILL SOME LARGE
UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST IN HOW WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT THE
SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE.

OVERALL DYNAMICS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER WITH EACH MDL RUN AND NOW THE
MDLS ARE INCREASING THE LL WINDS. ALOFT A COUPLED JET STRUCTURE WILL
DEVELOP PROVIDING VERY GOOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT. A H5 SPEED MAX(AROUND
50KTS) PUNCHES IN AROUND MIDDAY. AT THE SAME TIME A 40KT H7 JET MAX
BRINGS IN A DECENT MID LEVEL DRY PUNCH. THE BIGGEST CHANGE OVER THE
PAST IS THE LL WINDS. NOW BOTH THE GFS AND UKMET ARE DEVELOPING A
40KT H85 JET OVER THE CWA AND PUSHING IT EAST. THESE WINDS WILL
PROVIDE GOOD DEEP AND LL SHEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND THE NAM IS QUITE
LAME WITH THE LL WINDS AND ALSO DOESNT DEVELOP A VERY GOOD SFC LOW.

HOW MUCH INSTABILITY DEVELOPS TOMORROW IS THE NEXT QUESTION. GFS
STILL SHOWS GOOD INSTABILITY DEVELOPING EVEN THOUGH IT IS FASTER AND
HAS MORE CLOUDS COVER. IT IS SHOWING MLCAPE OF 1200-1800...LIS UP
TO -5...AND K INDICES OF 32-35. STILL FEEL THAT THE MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES ARE UNDERDONE BY THE GFS AND THEY SHOULD BE CLOSER TO 7 C/KM.
THIS INSTABILITY IS FORECASTED EVEN WITH THE MDL ONLY SHOWING HIGHS
IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. THE COMBINATION OF THE GOOD SHEAR AND
ADEQUATE INSTABILITY IS PRODUCING SIG SEVERE VALUES AROUND 30K.
THERE WILL ALSO BE GOOD MOISTURE TOO WORK WITH AS PWS WILL BE ATA
1.5...DEWPOINTS LIKELY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...AND H85 THETA E
AIR OF 330-332K. THE TWO OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE THE AMOUNT OF
INSTABILITY AND LL SHEAR. IF THE LL WINDS ARE AS STRONG AS THE
FORECASTED THEN THIS COULD BE BAD NEWS. ALSO IF THE TIMING IS SLOWER
AND CLOSER TO THE UKMET WITH LESS CLOUD DEBRIS WE COULD DESTABILIZE
A LOT MORE THAN THE GFS IS SHOWING. RIGHT NOW WITH THE UNCERTAINTIES
SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IF THE LL
WINDS DEVELOP THEN THERE COULD BE A RATHER DECENT TORNADIC THREAT
ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AS FOR TEMPS AND POPS. AM GOING A LITTLE ABV GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS AS
THIS YEAR HAS SHOWN THESE SYSTEMS TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN WHAT
THE GFS HAS SHOWN. THIS WOULD ALLOW HIGHS TO APPROACH THE LOWER 80S
ACROSS CNTRL AND ERN MS. ALSO WENT ABV GUIDANCE FOR POPS JUST ABOUT
EVERYWHERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTH WHERE SHRA AND TSRA MAY
BE MORE SCT IN NATURE AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE HARDER TO MEASURE
EVERYWHERE DOWN THERE. THIS IS NOT GOOD AS THE SOUTH NEEDS THE RAIN
WHERE HBG IS OVER 12 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE YEAR ALREADY.

ONE MORE CONCERN WITH THE WINDS TOMORROW. IF THE LL WINDS ARE
AS STRONG AS BEING FORECASTED THEN A LAKE WND ADV WILL BE NEEDED.
WILL HOLD OFF RIGHT NOW ON ISSUING AN ADV AS THIS IS STILL VERY
UNCERTAIN.

EVERYTHING LOOKS TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING WITH
COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA. LOWS WILL BE BACK
INTO THE 50S. DID STAY ABV GUIDANCE THOUGH AS I THINK THE FASTER GFS
IS TOO COOL. /CAB/

SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POPS AND
TEMPS..OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. THE WEEKEND LOOKS
GOOD. ONCE THE BOUNDARY SWINGS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...LOOKS LIKE
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. A
SURFACE HIGH SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION AND SETTLES OVER THE SOUTHEAST
ATLANTIC COAST...BRIEFLY PUTTING THE AREA IN COOL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
AND KEEPING ANY ACTIVITY NORTH OF THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY. THE NEXT
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY.
UPPER LEVEL WINDS WERE WEAK AND THE LOW LEVEL JET ONLY SEEMED TO GET
TO ABOUT 40 KTS. THERE WAS SOME SHEAR AND LAPSE RATES WERE FROM
6-7C/KM OVER MOST OF THE CWA. RIGHT NOW CONDITIONS LOOK
MARGINAL...BUT WILL CONTINUE A SEE TEXT IN THE HOW. THE BOUNDARY
SEEMS TO MOVE THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE DROPPING
INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND MAINTAINING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE GFS
SHOWS A WET START TO NEXT WEEKEND...WITH A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH
THE CENTRAL US AND SURFACE DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS AND MOVING NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA. BASICALLY WENT WITH GUIDANCE...HOWEVER WITH THE LACK
OF RAIN DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA FOR THE PAST
FEW WEEKS...OPTED TO LEAVE THE MENTION OF TS/SH OUT WHERE POPS WERE
LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. LEANED TOWARD CLIMATOLOGY FOR TEMPS...SO MAYBE
SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN GUIDANCE. OVERALL NO REAL CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST. /7/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       68  80  53  82 /  19  76  16   0
MERIDIAN      67  83  51  82 /  19  75  35   5
VICKSBURG     68  77  53  84 /  31  66   7   0
HATTIESBURG   66  83  55  85 /   5  55  31   7
NATCHEZ       69  79  52  85 /  14  65  10   0
GREENVILLE    68  72  49  83 /  61  86   9   0
GREENWOOD     68  78  51  81 /  56  90  18   0

&&

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

CAB/7

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
212115-
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 THU APR 20 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE NIGHT THERE IS
A RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH SEVERAL BOUNDARIES
AROUND ASSOCIATED EARLY CONVECTION AND STRONG INSTABILITY HAVING
DEVELOPED TODAY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP AROUND THE
REGION AND MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR
WITHIN THE OUTLOOK AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY RISK.

THINGS GET COMPLICATED TOMORROW...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER MAY BE MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. SEVERE
WEATHER MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AND WITH
THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT NOW EXIST NO MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER CAN
BE EXCLUDED. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL THE HIGHEST
RISK BUT THE THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES HAS INCREASED OVER THE
PAST 24 HOURS.

AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES TOWARDS THE AREA IT
WILL HELP DEVELOP A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS. THESE TWO FEATURES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ARKLAMISS AND HELP TO DEVELOP NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SOME UNCERTAINTIES
AS TO HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GET AND HOW STRONG THE LOW
LEVEL WINDS WILL BE. THIS WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON MODE AND WHAT
SEVERE WEATHER TYPE CAN BE EXPECTED. THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IS SIGNIFICANT...AND A TORNADO THREAT MAY EXIST
DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL STRENGTH OF THE LOW LEVEL WINDS ACROSS
THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

...DAYS TWO AND THREE...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...
SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS UNTIL THE
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CAN FINALLY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE CROSS THE
REGION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT PLOWING SOUTH
EASTWARD THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CURRENTLY...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS USUAL...CHANGES IN THE
FORECAST MAY OCCUR SO PLEASE MONITOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS STORM
SYSTEM FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY
AGAIN FRIDAY. OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVER THE
WEEKEND BUT MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
246 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

MSZ018-202200-
BOLIVAR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLEVELAND
246 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY...

AT 237 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18
MILES WEST ALLIGATOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD
CROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST BOLIVAR COUNTY 8 MILES WEST OF ALLIGATOR
AROUND 315 PM.

HAIL TO AT LEAST MOTHBALL SIZE IS LIKELY ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH.

CRAVEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
351 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

MSZ030-202130-
CLAY-
351 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

...STRONG STORM OVER CLAY COUNTY...

A STORM DRIFTING EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IS
CURRENTLY PRODUCING OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MAINLY
AFFECT RURAL AREAS OF CLAY COUNTY...BUT MORE STORM DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. HIGH ATMOSPHERIC
INSTABILITY LEVELS IN THIS REGION MAY ALLOW STORMS TO QUICKLY
INTENSIFY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM CLOSELY.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
457 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

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

0440 PM     HAIL             3 NW WEST POINT         33.64N 88.68W
04/20/2006  E0.50 INCH       CLAY               MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DIME SIZE HAIL

&&

JFAIRLY