Severe Thunderstorm Warning 341, NWS Jackson, MS

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 122122
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
421 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

MSC121-122145-
/O.CON.KJAN.SV.W.0341.000000T0000Z-070712T2145Z/
RANKIN MS-
421 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR RANKIN COUNTY...

AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS AFFECTING
THE AREA FROM BRANDON TO FLOWOOD AND RICHLAND. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY 
STATIONARY.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS...ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

LAT...LON 3242 9006 3228 9018 3220 9017 3217 8985
      3242 8983

$$

AEG

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
255 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT). LATEST SATELLITE
IMAGERY SHOWED CONVECTION DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST OVER THE ARKLAMISS
...WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PUSHING
SOUTHEAST OVER ARKANSAS. THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG A
WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY. AREA RADARS WERE NOTING SOME SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG THE WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. ALSO A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS HAD FIRED ALONG THE
SOUTH AS WELL.

FOR THE SHORT TERM IT WILL BE A RATHER ACTIVE PERIOD WITH THE BOUNDARY
HANGING AROUND THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THIS COMBINED WITH SOME
DAYTIME HEATING...INSTABILITY AND SOME FLOW IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS
WILL SPELL THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE SHORT
TERM. SINCE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL KEEP THE SHORT
TERM DISCUSSION SHORT. TEMP WISE WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE AND MADE
SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS FOR THE SHORT TERM. SO WENT WITH MOSTLY
LIKELY POPS FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT./17/

.LONG TERM...
LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE OFFERED NO BIG SURPRISES IN THE SATURDAY
THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME OVER THE REGION. MODEL
INCONSISTENCIES AND DIFFERENCES GROW LARGE AFTER THAT
POINT...ALTHOUGH THOSE UNCERTAINTIES DO NOT REALLY AFFECT CONFIDENCE
IN WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE ARKLAMISS THROUGH THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.

LOOKS LIKE A DECENT UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY...PROVIDING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT MORNING CONVECTION COULD
BE THE BIG SHOW AND ROB INSTABILITY FOR THE UPPER LEVEL SCENARIO TO
MAKE USE OF LATER IN THE DAY...BUT IT WOULD TAKE A BIG THUNDERSTORM
CLUSTER INDEED TO ENTIRELY REMOVE POTENTIAL FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
LATEST MAV GUIDANCE CAME UP A LITTLE WITH POPS AND I FOLLOWED GIVEN
THE WEIGHT OF A JUICY AIRMASS AND STRONG FORCING. WILL CONTINUE TO
MENTION SEVERE POSSIBLE IN THE HWO SINCE AROUND 30 KNOTS OF DEEP
LAYER SHEAR SHOULD BE AROUND...GIVING INDIVIDUAL STORMS AND STORM
CLUSTERS AN ENHANCED POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE NASTY WINDS. THE MAIN SHOW
SHOULD BE OVER BY SATURDAY EVENING ALTHOUGH A RATHER STAGNANT
RESIDUAL UPPER TROUGH AXIS LOOKS TO HANG UP JUST WEST OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

THE PRESENCE OF THIS LATTER FEATURE WILL HELP INSTIGATE AN ABOVE
AVERAGE COVERAGE OF MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT
LEAST THROUGH MONDAY. THE RETROGRESSION OF THE TROUGH TO THE WEST
(WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE EAST) WILL HELP
GRADUALLY DRY THINGS OUT BY TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY. INCREASED LOWISH 00Z
MEX GUIDANCE POPS FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN PRIMARILY WESTERN
ZONES DUE TO ARGUMENTS FROM 12Z MEX GUIDANCE...ENSEMBLE
AVERAGES...AND CONDITIONAL CLIMATOLOGY. STILL HAVE NOT GONE TOO HIGH
(GENERALLY LESS THAN 40 POPS) AFTER SUNDAY SINCE LOWER LEVEL
MOISTURE FLUX PARAMETERS DO NOT LOOK STELLAR AS GULF INFLOW WILL BE
ORIGINATING UNDERNEATH SUBSIDENT HIGH PRESSURE.

OTHERWISE...REST OF THE FORECAST LEFT BASICALLY UNCHANGED WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR CLIMATOLOGY (HIGHS LOW 90S/ LOWS
AROUND 70) THROUGH THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. PREVIOUS MEX ECHOES THIS
NICELY ALTHOUGH SOME ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SUGGEST MORE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAT AS WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK. THAT SCENARIO IS STILL PLAUSIBLE IF
THE BERMUDA HIGH CAN BUILD WEST WITH VIGOR. ADDITIONALLY...00Z AND
12Z GFS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT OF PHASE BY THE END OF NEXT
WEEK...THUS THE PRIOR MENTIONED UNCERTAINTY. INTERESTINGLY...BOTH
SOLUTIONS DO NOT SEEM TO SUGGEST MUCH DIFFERENCE FROM CLIMATOLOGY
FOR US.

PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION FOLLOWS:
UPPER FLOW BECOMES W/SWLY BY THE WEEKEND IN ADVANCE OF A WAVE THAT
DIGS ALONG THE SRN FRINGES OF THE UPPER TROUGH TO OUR NORTHEAST. THE
AIR MASS REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
ABOVE 1.5 INCHES AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S. THE REMNANTS OF
THE SURFACE BOUNDARY BECOME MORE DIFFUSE BUT WEAK SURFACE CYCLONIC
FLOW IS INDICATED ALONG SRN ZONES. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS FORECAST TO
INCREASE WITH AREAS OF 25-30 KTS AT SOME LOCATIONS BY 00Z SUNDAY.
WILL MAINTAIN MENTION OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IN THE HWO FOR
SATURDAY.
THE UPPER TROUGH HANGS BACK OVER TX SUNDAY BUT LOW LEVEL FORCING IS
REDUCED ERN ZONES WHERE WEAK SURFACE RIDGING BEGINS TO EDGE WWD.

CONVECTION BECOMES MORE DIURNAL AND SCATTERED IN NATURE BY THE
BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. LOW LEVEL SLY FLOW CONTINUES BUT UPPER
RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD FROM THE EAST. THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS ON
THE WRN FRINGES OF DEVELOPING UPPER RIDGING MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE MODELS SLOW PROGRESSION OF THE TX LOW COMPARED TO
PREVIOUS RUNS...DIGGING THE UPPER LOW INTO TX WHILE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST. LOWER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE
ANTICYCLONIC WITH TIME...RESULTING IN DECREASING POPS AND INCREASING
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BY MID WEEK. /03/

&&

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

07/03

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
247 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
132000-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
247 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG A WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE PERIOD. THIS COMBINED WITH
INSTABILITY...RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...SOME WIND SHEAR
DYNAMICS...AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL PROVIDE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG
TO POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING AS WELL AS ON FRIDAY. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THE STORMS
OR STORM CLUSTERS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE OF ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE ARKLAMISS
BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND LATE SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO BRING A FEW
ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. MODERATE LEVELS OF WIND SHEAR
AND THE HIGH AVAILABILITY OF MOISTURE WILL GIVE INDIVIDUAL
STORMS...AND STORM CLUSTERS...THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ISSUES
ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO RECENT REGIONAL PRECIPITATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR
ANY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPEARS HIGHEST ACROSS NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE
TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY
SATURDAY IS DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT...SO PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS
OVER THIS PERIOD SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LATER FORECASTS.

.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.

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

17/50

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1258 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

MSZ019-034>037-121900-
SUNFLOWER MS-WASHINGTON MS-HOLMES MS-HUMPHREYS MS-ATTALA MS-
1258 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE TO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DURANT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  GUSTY WINDS OF 40
MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN UP OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN SUNFLOWER...WASHINGTON...HOLMES...HUMPHREYS AND ATTALA
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREENVILLE AND DURANT...SHOULD MONITOR
THESE STORMS CLOSELY.

MRM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
345 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2007

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

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE FOREST             32.49N 89.62W
07/12/2007                   SCOTT              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON EPHESUS ROAD.

&&

GERARD