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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2008, 8:11 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2008, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 21, 3:15 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 3:15 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 2:33 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 233 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 222045- 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- 233 PM CST THU FEB 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES...IT WILL HELP DEVELOP A SURFACE LOW ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS. AS THIS LOW BEGINS TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN LOUISIANA IT WILL CAUSE A WARM FRONT TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE DAY...APPROACHING THE I 20 CORRIDOR SOMETIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...AFTERNOON HEATING WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLE TORNADOES...AND LARGE HAIL. THIS AFTERNOON THE MAIN AREA WILL BE NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THIS RISK WILL EXPAND EAST AND NORTH TOWARDS I 20 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE SO THIS EVENING. FARTHER NORTH...LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE UP TO THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...BUT COOLER AIR NEAR THE GROUND WILL GREATLY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES BACK THROUGH THE AREA SEVERE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LEAVING THE SOUTHEAST BY FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING COULD ALSO BE A CONCERN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL GIVE A SUM TOTAL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES WITH ISOLATED SIX INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE AROUND THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SUCH HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 21, 5:34 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 6:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 89 min |
| Feb 21, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 8:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 5 days |
| Feb 21, 8:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 37 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 37 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 4 days |
| Feb 21, 8:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 37 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 10:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 10:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 36 min |
| Feb 21, 10:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 10:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 35 min |
| Feb 21, 11:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 11:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Smith | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 12:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 46 min |
| Feb 22, 12:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton, Scott | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 1:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott | 60 min |
| Feb 22, 2:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 72 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 5 days |
| Feb 22, 9:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 34 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 3 days |
| Feb 21, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 34 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.