Flash Flood Warning 133, NWS Jackson, MS

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WGUS74 KJAN 201334
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
834 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

MSC049-121-201340-
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HINDS MS-RANKIN MS-
834 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RANKIN AND HINDS
COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE JACKSON METRO AREA AND THE RISK 
FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. 

LAT...LON 3241 9031 3240 8997 3209 9013 3206 9050

$$

EEC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
358 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

.SHORT TERM...MOST OF THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL START OFF
WITH A WET MORNING. MOST OF THE NIGHT PERIOD THERE HAVE BEEN DECENT
SIZED RAIN AREAS WITH EMBEDDED TSRA MOVING GENERALLY NE. THERE
EXISTS A NICE ELEVATED BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
CWA WITH A WEAK INVERTED SFC REFLECTION SHOWING UP AS A PRESSURE
TROUGH. ALOFT THERE EXISTS A SOLID AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW WITHIN A
BROAD UPPER LOW/TROUGH WHICH IS PROVIDING DECENT ASCENT OVER THE
CWA. POCKETS OF BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ARE SUPPORTING THE RAIN
AREAS AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR MOST OF TODAY. WE MAY
ACTUALLY SEE SFC CONVERGENCE GET ENHANCED ALONG THE I-55 CORRIDOR
LATER TODAY AS SOME DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR MOVES IN FROM THE EAST AND
HELPS SHARPEN UP THE INVERTED SFC TROUGH. OVERALL...MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS NOT PARTICULARLY DEEP AS INDICATED BY
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. HOWEVER...MOISTURE BETWEEN 850 AND 600 MB IS
MORE THAN SUFFICIENT AND WITH DECENT ISENTROPIC ASCENT HOLDING
STEADY TODAY...DECENT RAIN CHANCES WILL EXIST. AT THIS POINT...LOOKS
LIKE THE I-55 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE AREA FOR THE BEST
PRECIP CHANCES. CHANCES WILL DROP OFF ON EACH SIDE OF THE CWA.
OVERALL...NOT EXPECTING A GREAT DEAL OF RAIN...BUT THERE DOES EXIST
THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION AND THE LOCALIZED AREAS THAT SEE THE
FEW STORMS WILL SEE HIGHER PRECIP TOTALS. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORD
ISO THUNDER WITH THE SHOWER ACTIVITY.

TEMPS WILL BE TOUGH AGAIN TODAY AS PRECIP/CLOUDS WILL ALLOW FOR
POTENTIALLY A LARGE VARIATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA. SINCE
THICKER CLOUDS AND PRECIP EXIST TO START THE PERIOD...WE SHOULD SEE
AN OVERALL COOLER DAY. THE WARMEST AREAS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND W OF
THE MS RIVER AS THINNER CLOUDS LOOK TO EXIST.

FOR TONIGHT...THE OVERALL PRECIP ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BIT
LESS AS THE FLOW WEAKENS SOME AND THE RESULTING ISENTROPIC ASCENT IS
LESS. BEST CHANCES LOOK TO OCCUR DURING THE EARLY EVENING AS
ACTIVITY MAY LINGER FROM THE AFTERNOON. I WILL LOWER POPS 10% ACROSS
THE BOARD AND GO WITH A 30-40% RANGE. AFTER 03Z...I WILL LOWER POPS
AGAIN AND MENTION JUST SLIGHT CHANCE. AS FOR TEMPS...LOOKS LIKE GUID
IS AGAIN TOO COOL AND I WILL WARM MOST LOCATIONS. I WONT GET TOO
AGGRESSIVE AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TO MOVE IN MAY
ALLOW FOR LOWER VALUES. HOWEVER...CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD KEEP
TEMPS WARMER THAN GUID VALUES.

FOR SUN THROUGH SUN NIGHT...WE REALLY START TO LOOSE OUR LIFT FROM
THE LINGERING BROAD UPPER TROUGH AND WE SHOULD SEE EVEN LESS PRECIP
ACTIVITY AROUND. WHAT DOES OCCUR LOOKS TO BE MORE DIURNAL AND I HAVE
INDICATED THAT IN THE GRIDS. GUID POPS INDICATE THIS TREND AND I
HAVE FOLLOWED. AS FOR TEMPS...GUID VALUES ARE NOT TOO BAD BUT MAY BE
A LITTLE LOW IF CLOUDS THIN MORE. I THINK WE WILL SEE A BIT LESS
CLOUDS AND HAVE ADDED A FEW DEGREES TO SOME LOCATIONS FOR HIGHS.
GENERALLY HAVE GONE WITH 82-85 FOR HIGHS. FOR SUN NIGHT LOWS...GUID
AGAIN SEEMS TOO COOL. WITH A COMBINATION OF SOME LIGHT WINDS AND
LINGERING CLOUDS...I HAVE WARMED LOWS A FEW DEGREES WITH THE COOLEST
TEMPS ACROSS THE E/NE.  /CME/

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BY MONDAY THE S/W IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO
THE REGION. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWFA FOR MONDAY. HEIGHTS WILL BE RISING THROUGH THE
DAY AND DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN...SO THESE SHOWERS SHOULD
BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT.

RIDGING ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO TAKE OVER THE AREA AND KEEP THE AREA DRY
FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IN THE LOW LEVELS THE AREA WILL SEE
DRIER AIR ADVECT INTO THE REGION FROM THE ENE AS A BACKDOOR FRONT
APPROACHES. THIS COMBINED WITH SOME CAPPING OVER THE REGION SHOULD
PROVIDE FOR LITTLE CLOUD COVER OVER THE CWFA FOR THE MIDDLE TOWARD
THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS MAINLY LEAVES FOR A TEMPERATURE
FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND BEYOND. HAVE REMAINED WITH MEX GUI HIGHS
THAT GIVES PRETTY NORMAL VALUES IN THE MIDDLE 80S.  WITH CLEAR SKIES
AND DRIER AIR ADVECTING INTO THE REGION HAVE LOWERED LOWS A BIT.
THIS IS MAINLY TO TREND VALUES CLOSER TO ENSEMBLE GUI.  THIS WILL
GIVE MAINLY LOWER 60S WITH LOCATIONS IN THE EAST AND NORTHEAST
POSSIBLY DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 50S WHERE THE BEST RADIATIONAL
COOLING WILL OCCUR./14/

&&

.AVIATION....TOUGH FORECAST TODAY AS WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH OFF
AND ON PRECIP AREAS MOVING N/NE AND VARYING CEILINGS.
CURRENTLY...THE AREA IS SEEING A VARIATION OF IFR TO VFR CEILINGS.
LOOKS LIKE MOST AREAS WILL DROP TO MVFR BY 12Z WITH THAT LINGERING
TO 15-18Z. BEYOND THAT...CEILINGS SHOULD IMPROVE AS LONG AS PRECIP
IS NOT OCCURRING. AS FOR VISIBILITIES...LOOK FOR A MIX OF 3-6SM
THROUGH 14-15Z WITH LOWER VALUES ANYTIME PRECIP OCCURS. FOR THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...GUID IS NOT LOWERING CEILINGS MUCH BUT IS SHOWING
MVFR VIS CONDITIONS. I WILL STICK WITH MVFR FOR VIS AND WILL ADD
MVFR CEILINGS FOR THE NORTHERN SITES. /CME/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       79  65  82  62 /  60  42  30  10
MERIDIAN      79  63  83  59 /  56  32  25  11
VICKSBURG     81  64  84  63 /  38  31  29   9
HATTIESBURG   82  65  83  63 /  67  31  26  15
NATCHEZ       80  64  82  63 /  57  28  30  14
GREENVILLE    83  62  83  62 /  32  28  31   8
GREENWOOD     79  63  82  61 /  43  34  34   8

&&

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

SHORT TERM: CME
LONG  TERM: 14

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
210915-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
402 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY.

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

CME

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
120 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

MSZ048-200700-
HINDS MS-
120 AM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

...THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH AND WEST
JACKSON...

A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST JACKSON AT 118 AM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT WILL BRING A QUICK 1 TO
2 INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME. THESE KINDS OF RAINFALL RATES WILL
PRODUCE PONDING ON ROADWAYS. IF THE STORM SLOWS OR ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITY DEVELOPS AND MOVES OVER THE SAME LOCATION...SEVERAL INCHES
MAY BE POSSIBLE AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY AND ACROSS THE CITY OF JACKSON
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

CME