Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
825 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

.DISCUSSION...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE LINE OF SEVERE
STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...WHICH EXTENDED FROM EUPORA TO
NEAR JACKSON METRO TO NATCHEZ. VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG SUBTROPICAL
JET COMING OUT OF SOUTHERN TEXAS...WHICH WILL HELP TO ENHANCE TO THE
SQUALL LINE. THE LINE SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SO WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. SPC HAS
PUT A WATCH OUT UNTIL 3 AM THAT COVERS AREAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
LINE.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION 303 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...
AN ACTIVE EVENING IS IN STORE FOR THE ARKLAMISS REGION AS A SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT IS SETTING UP FOR THE AREA.  THE SURFACE LOW NOW SITS
OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AS THE COLD FRONT EXTENDS OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS
DOWN THROUGH NORTHEAST LA AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN TX.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL
AND EASTERN ARKANSAS THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.  THESE ARE APPROACHING
THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS IN OUR CWFA.

RIGHT NOW...EXPECT THE FRONT TO BE NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND
6 PM...CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWFA AROUND 9 PM...AND LEAVING OR
NEARLY LEAVING EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERE WEATHER TO THE FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING...AS WE HAVE SEEN TO THE WEST OF OUR
AREA TODAY.  LOOKING AT OUR 18Z RAOB FOR HERE AND OVER SHV...WE SEE
THAT THE ATMOSPHERE HAS PLENTY TO WORK WITH...WHICH COMES AS NO
SURPRISE.  0-3KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY LOOKS TO BE AROUND 500
M2/SS.  LAPSE RATES OVER EASTERN LOUISIANA AND INTO WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI LOOK TO BE BETWEEN 7-8 C/KM.  THE BIGGEST AREA OF
CONCERN LOOKS TO BE AREAS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THIS AREA HAS THE MOST INSTABILITY.  ML CAPE
VALUES OVER THIS AREA WILL BE BETWEEN 1000-1500 J/KG.  THERE IS ALSO
GREAT UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AS A 100KT 500MB JET STREAK PUSHES
NORTHWEST OF THE AREA.  MOISTURE HAS ALSO BEEN RAPIDLY INCREASING
OVER THE AREA TODAY.  WE ARE NOW TO SEEING DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER
60S ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA.  THIS INCREASE IN MOISTURE
OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA WILL HELP KEEP
THIS AREA IN THE ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS IN THE NORTHWEST.  CONDITIONS DO BECOME
LESS FAVORABLE AS WE MOVE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...WITH THE SPEED THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING AND THE AMOUNT OF
FORCING OVER THE AREA...WILL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE SEVERE STORMS OVER
THIS PORTION OF THE CWFA AS WELL.  AT THIS TIME...IT STILL LOOKS
LIKE WE WILL SEE A SQUALL LINE MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...WITH DISCRETE
CELLS IN FRONT OF THE LINE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.  AREAS SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO SEE THE DISCRETE
CELLS AS THE AREA IS MORE CAPPED IN THIS REGION. RIGHT NOW IT STILL
LOOKS LIKE ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL ALL BEING
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY FOR THE ENHANCED RISK AREA
WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR.

ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS THE WINDS OVER THE AREA.  WE HAVE A
CONTINUED WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS.  WITH A STRONG SURFACE LOW MOVING NORTH OF THE AREA
AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENTS...WINDS HAVE BEEN SUSTAINING AT
15-25KT FOR MOST SITES WITH SUSTAINED AT 30KT IN THE DELTA
REGION...WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION.  THE WINDS IN THE
DELTA REGION WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED AS A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE
NEEDED IF THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING...AND BEGIN TO CALM BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

AFTER AN ACTIVE EVENING...THINGS WILL BEGIN TO CALM DOWN OVER THE
CWFA AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE AREA AROUND THIS
TIME.  THE AREA WILL BEGIN TO QUICKLY CLEAR OUT BEHIND THE FRONT AS
WELL. BUMPED LOW TEMPERATURES UP JUST A TAD SINCE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE UP ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING TOO
MUCH. /14/

AFTER TONIGHT...STRONG ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CONUS FOR THE NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND. BREEZY WEST WINDS MAY
NECESSITATE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR SUNDAY IN THE DELTA
REGION...BUT WITH THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY AND SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT ISSUANCE. OTHERWISE...A PERIOD OF
QUIET WEATHER WITH MILD DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS WILL TRANSPIRE FOR THE
EARLY TO MID WEEK AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE LOWER MS
VALLEY REGION. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM FORECAST BY MODELS FOR THURSDAY
IS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN NEARLY EVERY
ASPECT...INCLUDING THERMODYNAMIC AND KINEMATIC FIELDS...AND THE
SYNOPTIC PATTERN. WILL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE WORDING FOR THE HWO
REGARDING THE NEXT SYSTEM AS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT COULD UNFOLD IF THE MODELS CONTINUE THEIR TRENDS. ALSO...HAVE
BOOSTED RAIN CHANCES BACK TO NEAR 00Z GUIDANCE VALUES FOR FRI
NIGHT/SATURDAY AS 12Z GUIDANCE HAS COME IN A LITTLE STRONGER WITH
THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH. /EC/

&&

.AVIATION...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AS A STRONG
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.  VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL LOWER
TO MVFR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.  SOME SITES WILL
POSSIBLY DROP TO BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES WHEN
AFFECTED BY A THUNDERSTORM. WINDS WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH...WITH
SUSTAINED CONTINUING AT 20-25 KT WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40KT.  THE
DELTA REGION WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LITTLE HIGHER WINDS.  WINDS AND
FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR THE
ENTIRE REGION WHEN THE FRONT MOVES OUT OF EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA.  GLH AND GWO WILL BE THE FIRST TO BEGIN IMPROVING...PROBABLY
AROUND 03-05Z...AND WE WILL SEE A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF REMAINING
SITES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AFTER 06Z. /17/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       47  66  35  69 /  89   6   0   5
MERIDIAN      48  68  36  68 /  99  11   0   5
VICKSBURG     48  65  36  70 /  71   4   0   5
HATTIESBURG   51  72  38  70 /  91  14   0   5
NATCHEZ       46  65  37  69 /  70   4   0   5
GREENVILLE    45  60  36  63 /  70   4   0   5
GREENWOOD     46  58  35  64 /  94   6   0   5

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY FOR MSZ018-019-025>066-
     072>074.

LA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023>026.

AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION: 17
LONG TERM: EC

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
313 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
252113-
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-
313 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES POSSIBLE.

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
REGION LATE TODAY HAS SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI.

FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE
DEVELOPED ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL SHIFT INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS AS THE
RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS CONTINUES.

BY 7 PM...AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE WILL EXTEND ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE LINE WILL REACH THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR
BY 9 PM...AND THEN THE HIGHWAY 45 CORRIDOR AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS
LINE WILL BE THE FINAL ROUND OF POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS AS IT
SWEEPS EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA.

RESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
AS WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. PEOPLE PLANNING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THROUGH THIS EVENING SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY
HAVE WEATHER INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE...AND HAVE A PLAN TO
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

...NON PRECIPITATION...
A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE TO BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE AN
ENHANCED RISK OF STRONGER WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA WHERE SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

...DAYS TWO AND THREE...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

...DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
ANOTHER POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
CENTRAL UNITED STATES DURING THE MID WEEK. THIS SYSTEM COULD
BRING A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE OUTLOOK AREA
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL BE NEED THIS AFTERNOON	THROUGH THIS EVENING.
OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY.

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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
608 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BASTROP                 32.77N 91.91W
02/24/2007                   MOREHOUSE          LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND AROUND BASTROP.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
620 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

0456 PM     HAIL             DERMOTT                 33.53N 91.44W
02/24/2007  E2.50 INCH       CHICOT             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TENNIS BALL HAIL REPORTED IN DERMOTT

0556 PM     HAIL             SHAW                    33.60N 90.77W
02/24/2007  E0.88 INCH       BOLIVAR            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL HAIL REPORTED IN SHAW AND JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND.

0557 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W PIONEER             32.74N 91.54W
02/24/2007                   WEST CARROLL       LA   PUBLIC

            ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0600 PM     TSTM WND GST     RAYVILLE                32.47N 91.76W
02/24/2007  M70.00 MPH       RICHLAND           LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            70 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER USING A HAND
            HELD ANEMOMETER IN RAYVILLE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
640 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

0626 PM     TORNADO          7 N ITTA BENA           33.60N 90.32W
02/24/2007                   LEFLORE            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND ALONG COUNTY ROAD 515.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
721 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

0651 PM     TORNADO          INDIANOLA               33.45N 90.64W
02/24/2007                   SUNFLOWER          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHED DESTROYED OFF HWY 82. HALF OF THE STRUCTURE IS GONE
            FROM THE KINGDOM HALL CHURCH OFF HWY 49.

0655 PM     HAIL             GRENADA                 33.78N 89.81W
02/24/2007  E0.50 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG PAPER MILL ROAD/ HWY 51
            NORTH

0710 PM     HAIL             GRENADA                 33.78N 89.81W
02/24/2007  E0.75 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY HAIL AND TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
748 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

0720 PM     TORNADO          1 S JONESVILLE          31.61N 91.83W
02/24/2007                   CATAHOULA          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HOMES DESTROYED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. REPORTED BY
            CATAHOULA PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE.

&&

BRYANT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
822 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAYERSVILLE             32.90N 91.04W
02/24/2007                   ISSAQUENA          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE LIMB FELL ONTO HOUSE AND PUSHED ROOF INTO HOUSE.

0636 PM     HAIL             8 SE GRENADA            33.70N 89.71W
02/24/2007  E1.00 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER HAIL IN ELLIOT

&&

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